Meet The Woman Addicted To Eating Bricks With Rare Disorder | This Morning

We all have that one comfort food that we can't resist. But while most of us might reach for a bar of chocolate or a glass of wine after a tough day - our next guest prefers the taste of BRICKS. Patrice Benjamin-Ramgoolam can eat around 6 TABLESPOONS of brick a day, after getting hooked on the 'chalky' taste when she was a teenager. A decade since she was last on the show, she’s joining us alongside expert Dr Elizabeth Shea to unpack the unusual addiction.
Broadcast on 10/07/2024
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[@samreenahmad9264]

I had the same thing, but I was diagnosed with severe anemia and iron deficiency and after taking iron tablets my craving for eating rocks went away.

[@yfoog]

I’m surprised her doctor hasn’t done this. To me it seems clear that craving for earth etc needs to be checked for iron deficiency first

[@Meooooowwwwwwwwwwww]

@@yfoogat 3:58 she mentions how her GP gave her iron pills but it didn’t work and the craving continued

[@maxm9886]

😂

[@journalwithdolly]

Did you watch the video? He has done this haha ​@yfoog

[@user-JesusSonofGod777]

These types of unusual cravings…. Stem from severe nutritional deficiencies…… her body is screaming for minerals…..& it manifests in wanting to eat strange things like this.

[@rosieeve1591]

I had pica as well. My thing was pumice stones and I went to therapy and found out I was doing it because I used to watch my mum do her feet with them in the bath and it was a comfort thing because I’m not close with her anymore (family troubles) and I want to be. It was a substitution for love from her. Eating bricks from her family members homes could be the same thing, wanted them to be a part of her life or more than they already are.

[@URFUTUREUK]

Weird.

[@intergaming8319]

Where’s your house gone? I ate it!

[@maryegan]

😁😁😁

[@sleepycat8887]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vcdeezeemusic5386]

😂😂😂

[@dylanbodenham6727]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@melaniabladeofmiquella]

The mind is mysterious and strange... everyone is very different... hope she can stop this behaviour ❤

[@Vivechyanityam01]

Just thank God that people don't drink human blood to replenish iron.....

[@HULLDUDE666]

sh*t a brick 😂

[@Danielleb18321]

😂😂😂

[@imbatman6029]

How are her teeth still in one piece? Polo's take mine out 😅

[@Dylanrawlinson]

I was addicted to eating tissue so badly and had pica because of the texture of it. One day I decided that I didn't want to so I stopped but I still have cravings for it.

[@spindletrim]

I remember eating tissue - You just jolted that memory in me. I don’t have cravings but remember it being a bit of a habit

[@Kari_B61ex]

My youngest daughter used to chew on the edge of our living room walls when she was teething - we used to pick her up and move her away. She didn't do it after her teeth grew in thankfully.

[@laurakinsella1692]

It can't be that bad she's been eating it for 10 years and is still alive

[@bluepeter128]

But what damage does that do to your internal organs??? STONE!!!

[@KRPTV]

How are her teeth still intact?😬😬😬

[@TheFever77]

I went through pregnancy cravings with my sisters first child, i was secretly eating talcum powder and dry oats. It was only later that I realized my sister was having these cravings during her pregnancy.

[@seanmcstravick7407]

I love the way there taking it seriously like really hahahah

[@joyplummeridge6940]

Should that not be, "woman with a rare eating disorder addicted to eating bricks" The way it's written it reads as if she is addicted to eating bricks with a rare disorders.

[@NoMeNoProblems]

What rare disorder do the bricks have? I hope they have a good support system in place - a good foundation for healing.

[@frozengamer3030]

Bricks with salt and pepper lovely.

[@clairehuo6399]

another one bites the dust 😂

[@Sammyslotss]

Not gonna lie if I ever had her for a host on come dine with me I wouldn't be turning up

[@user-mq4hr1ly4b]

worse things to be addicted to I guess

[@jony6185]

What happens if she walks past a building site???

[@melaniabladeofmiquella]

@@jony6185 if you watched the video you would find out, can you not manage the attention span required to watch a 5 min video???????

[@maryegan]

😄😄🤩

[@averyintelligence]

Nah. I prefer reading the comments and paying 0 attention to the video. ​@@melaniabladeofmiquella

[@TishA-ld5wd]

3:16 theres some good tasting walls out the

[@rozdoyle8872]

Well I would look towards Childhood SA for a start .

[@URFUTUREUK]

Six table spoons of brick

[@dylanbodenham6727]

This world is so far gone 😂😂😂

[@roesevans6734]

Bless her she will stop

[@jonathan75801]

Imagine her stomach.

[@roesevans6734]

I watched a tv program a woman was eating toilet paper

[@TishA-ld5wd]

Theres an african sweet that looks like a rock and is full of magnesium, it is supposed to be good for women.

[@jonathan75801]

How does she still have teeth.

[@NathanPritchard-el2pi]

Not normal how weird some people get

[@danihoney7087]

This caption is terrible!

[@1Strawbz1]

not great ben & cat are so judgemental asking her questions in a condesending tone

[@user-rp7xp6xe8p]

Is that not called Being pregnant 😂

[@aurora6920]

a lot of pregnant women become iron deficient and anaemic which can cause these cravings.

[@averyintelligence]

Burnt toast syndrome

[@Themis33]

She clearly manages normal food as well.... don't think there are many calories in bricks. A-hem

[@hotbambi2010]

So weird

[@21truthbetold]

They say brick, but it appears she is scraping drywall?? Either way, this is not cute. She needs an exorcism.