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Lisa Anderson, a mother from Devon, England, spent £8,000 consuming an entire 200g tub of Johnson's Baby Powder daily for 15 years. Sneaking away to eat it off the back of her hand every 30 minutes.
Lisa Anderson, a 44-year-old mother of five from Devon, said the craving began after the birth of her youngest son when she used powder on him after a bath and felt an overwhelming urge to eat it.
What started as a single moment became a daily compulsion she couldn't stop.
She runs to the bathroom at least 40 times a day to eat powder off the back of her hand, and wakes up four times a night to feed the habit.
She cannot go more than 30 minutes without it. In public she eats mints as a substitute.
She eats only one meal a day, skipping breakfast and lunch to consume powder throughout the day instead.
The longest she has ever gone without it was two days, which she described as the worst time of her life.
Doctors believe she may have PICA syndrome, an eating disorder characterised by compulsive consumption of non-food items, potentially linked to iron deficiency or OCD.
