Surprised, she is nearly 80 years old and addicted to eating sand and gravel for 18 years

An elderly woman from Varanasi, India, has been eating sand for the past six decades and thinks this special diet is the key to her health.

Mrs. Kusma Vati, 78, addicted to sand and gravel to the point of spending many hours searching for this essential "dish" and if not lucky, she will even eat her main wall.

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Ms. Kusma Vati, 78, is addicted to eating sand and gravel to the point where she spends many hours searching.(Source: Daily Mail).

The strange interest in her gravel has shocked many people in the area, but she thinks it is because she eats sand and gravel so she is never ill.

Ms. Kusma said: "I have eaten sand and gravel for about 63 years, I like to eat them and I don't think they have any harmful effects".

"I have never had a problem with my stomach or my mouth, and my teeth are completely healthy - they even make my teeth stronger. I can bite into the hardest stone without any problem."

Ms. Kusma is currently working on the farm. She is nearly 80 years old, but has no intention of retiring in the future.

She claimed that her never had to see a doctor was due to her daily diet of 2kg of crushed construction materials.

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She has eaten sand for the past 6 decades.(Source: Daily Mail).

Ms. Kusma said: "I have never been to the doctor because there is no need, and since I am aware, I still feel very well."

"I started eating sand at the age of 15 and I used to have very severe stomach pain but it did not last long and now I feel all this is very normal for me. I feel like the minerals The substance in the sand gave me the energy to work on the fields. "

Kusma's grandchildren are begging her to give up this strange habit, but she does not understand why.

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She said, eating sand is your healthy secret.

She said: "My grandchildren insisted on making me seek medical help to get rid of the sand stone but I don't see this as necessary."

"I'm healthy because of the sand, it's a secret to my health."