Ananova is claiming that a woman in India eats between a kilo and a kilo and a half of sand a day 'to stay healthy'.

Ram Rati, 80, apparently eats the sand before breakfast, lunch and tea.

The reports, originally published on Asian News International, quote Ms Rati:

"My brothers and relatives pestered me to quit it but it was all in vain."

According to the reports, her granddaughter claims her doctors told her that it is OK to eat the sand as long as she has no health problems...

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