An 80-year-old woman from north India named Kushmavati has gained fame for her strange diet of eating sand, but claims that it gives her energy and keeps her healthy.

Kushmavati who lives in Cholapur in the outskirts of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is locally known as 'sand dadi' in her village, and has been eating white sand since she was 15-years-old.

Reportedly she has an entire process of cleaning the sand, by keeping it in a pot and using the sun to dry it, then eating the 'purified' sand this way.

According to Kushmavati she had a major stomach upset when she was 15, and went to a local healer, where she was advised to drink milk and eat sand to stay healthy.

From that day since she has eaten sand with every meal, and now works caring for chickens at a poultry farm.

Kushmavati recalls saying when she got married, everyone including her in-laws asked her to stop eating sand, so she hid her habit from them. Even children used to tease her, but now people in her village have gotten used to it.

Sand is not healthy to eat in large quantities as it cannot be digested by the body, and can even cause bowel obstructions in sufficient quantities.

Sand dadi ( grandmother is called dadi in hindi) alias Kushmavati is 80 years old and still don't get tierd of doing works , her fitness mantra is sand .
Kushmavati who lives in cholapur village in the outskirts of Varanasi ,she is famous as a sand dadi in her village .She is eating white sand since she was 15 years old .it's not that she pick and eat sands just like that ,she had a full process for it .Kushmadevi first clean the sand from water and keep it in a pot and than put it in sun to dry ,after this she eats that sand .
According to her when she was 15 year old than she had some major stomach problem ,at that time she went to a local healer ,where she was advised to drink milk and eat sand to stay healthy .From than only sand has become a daily food for her .
She takes this sand in breakfast and lunch .
She does all his work herself and looks after a poltry farm. Kushmadevi recalls saying when she got married ,everyone including their in laws asked me to stop eating sand ,but i than hide and eat it . Children used to tease me than ,but now every one is use to it .