According to this article, ABC News: Eating Dirt: It Might Be Good for You , eating dirt is healthy for you! Do you believe it?

Here is a summary:

Advantages:

1. Eating dirt is the same concept as eating yogurt for stomach upset. Dirt can bind and cleanse out toxins.
2. Dirt is a source of mineral and mineral supplements are a new phenomenon in America.
3. Dirt might contain termites and termites are delicious and nutritious.
4. Eating dirt builds up the immune system because it makes the immune develop antibodies to different antigens.
5. Dirt has kaolin the same ingredient as in Maalox and Rolaids. This helps nausea and vomiting. If you are taking Maalox or Rolaids it is the same as you are eating dirt but don't know it.

Disadvantages:

1. If you eat dirt people might call you a "dirt bag" or "scum of the earth"
2. People think you don't have anything else to eat.
3. People think you are crazy.

Conclusion:

Eating dirt is yummy. I can not wait to order dirt to go at a local restaurant. How about Fried Dirt? Chowmein Dirt? Eat some dirt today please.

Thanks but no thanks. I'm going to stick to my double quarter pounder with cheese plus my supersized coke and supersized fries.

I don't think eating dirt is healthy. Eating dirt is qualified as pica disease.

Besides- Yogurt just tastes good. Why'd you want to abandon that?