A 44-year-old mother has revealed her addiction to eating talcum powder and can finish 200g tub in just a day. Lisa Anderson started eating the baby powder 15 years ago when she felt sudden urge to so while drying off her son after a bath.
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Her craving for Johnson's Baby Powder step up and the mother of five admits sneaking to the bathroom to eat it off the back of her hand every 30 minutes, where she spent an estimated over Php 500,000 (£8,000).
Talcum powder is deemed poisonous when inhaled or eaten at it has been linked to cancer by the World Heath Organisation.
Lisa, of Paignton, Devon, said: "I do get it's a bit weird - but it just has this nice soapy taste.
"I've always had it in the house and would douse myself with it after having a bath or shower.
"And then one day I remember being in the bathroom and the smell was just overpowering.
"There was a bit of dust that had come off the top of the bottle.
"I had this sudden urge to eat it and I just couldn't fight it. I just licked it off my hand and really enjoyed it. It just hit this spot.
"Just like someone with an addiction, I was just having more and more each time I went to have some.
"The longest I've been without it is two days. That was the worst time of my life. I hated it.
"I’ve never snorted it or anything like that. I just like eating it.
"It does really dry your mouth out though. It has to be the classic one.
"It’s the chalky texture that I crave.
"I wake up at least four times in the night as my body just craves it," she said.
Her secret was unveiled after 10 years when her ex-partner noticed her suspicious regular visit on their bathroom.
Until she visited her doctor last year and her doctors have told Lisa her cravings could be a result of possible iron deficiency or a OCD syndrome. She was then referred for counselling, due to start this month.
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