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A member asked:
Hi i am 18 years old and for the past 12 years i have been peeling and eating the skin off of my big toes.will eating my skin do any damage inside me?
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No: The stomach has no idea where the food is coming from. It just sees food. Whether it's chicken skin, or pork skin, or toe skin, the tummy has no bias... it happily digests all kinds of foods. One's toes, however, might not be so happy about being peeled for the past 12 years.
Answered 4/18/2018
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