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eating baby powder


  1. princess23
  2. biogardener
  3. CSBP

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Top 1.   Aug 12, 2003 11:31 AM

» princess23 - does anyone out there eat or have tried eating baby powder????

does anyone out there eat or have tried eating baby powder????

-- posted by princess23



Top 2.   Aug 12, 2003 6:00 PM

» biogardener - Are you?

Are you or someone you know doing it? I suspect so, or else you would not be asking the question.

I suspect that whoever is doing it has a nutrional deficiency of some element which is found in the powder. It would be good to find out the exact composition of the powder to determine what the nutritional deficiency is. That way, you can obtain that element from a safer source, because most powders also contain additives derived from petroleum products, and they could prove to be very dangerous.

I don't know whether the manufacturer would release the information of the ingredients, but at any rate, I would discuss this with the person's family doctor before some tragic outcome.

You may have read recently about babies dying from swallowing baby oil, because the base is derived from a petroleum product.

-- posted by biogardener



Top 3.   May 14, 2005 10:07 PM

» CSBP - I eat babypowder

yes, I eat babypowder. I have been told that it is due to an iron deficency but iron has nothing to do with cornstartch babypowder.

-- posted by CSBP



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