Meet man who eats, sand and gravel for over 25 years

– Meet a man who eats sand, rocks and bricks for 25 years
– “I love the taste of gravel. I have sand with tea, bread and even soup.”
– Doctors say the man has a bizarre eating disorder called Pica
Hans Raj, 45, was dubbed a ” sand man” for his bizarre addiction to eating bricks, sand and other non-edibal substances with no nutritional value. The man claims  he has been eaten them for over 25 years and his weird diet is the reason why he now has perfect health.

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Hans Raj is addicted to eating sand, and consumes and entire plate of gravel a day.

Haj, who works as a mason in a small village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, even travels to other states to taste gravel, bricks pieces and take them home for his collection.

Commenting on his habit Mr Raj said: “I have been eating bricks and rocks for around 25 years now. I love eating them. I don’t think they have been any harmful effects on me. I started at a young age.

Mr Raj travels from his small village in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, to other villages to collect sand

Now it feels like all this is very normal to me. In my opinion, minerals in sand give me energy as do bits of masonry. I have suffered no problems in stomach and mouth. My teeth are absolutely fine. I can bite into the hardest stone without a problem.”

Even though the disorder may cause various health complications, including intoxication, intestinal obstruction, nutritional deficiencies, parasitosis and others Mr Raj is not going to give his dangerous addiction.

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Mr Raj has been eating sand since he was 20

“I would try and take out a loose brick or crumbly parts of someone’s house. That was the only way for me to get my regular doses of rocks and other things. 
I love the taste of gravel. I have sand with tea, bread and even soup. This is something that has kept me fit as I have never fallen sick but people who eat normal food fall sick often.”