“Delicious” ... a UK mother has confessed to snacking on toilet paper, saying it “fills me up”. Picture: Supplied Source: ThinkStock

Jade Sylvester, from England, knocks back at least eight pieces of toilet tissue every time she goes into the loo and says she just “can’t quit” the roll, according to The Huffington Post.

The 25 year old said her taste for toilet tissue started when she was pregnant and suspects it may have been caused by a condition known as Pica, which brings on “non-traditional” cravings, The Huffington Post reported.

Lunch? ... a UK mother has confessed to eating toilet paper — a craving which started when she was expecting her youngest child. Picture: Supplied Source: ThinkStock

“I started craving toilet roll. I still don’t know why,” she said.

Speaking to the Liconshire Echo, Sylvester said she liked the “the feeling of the texture in my mouth, rather than the taste”.
“I like the dryness. My family tell me it isn’t very good for me — but I can’t help it,” Ms Sylvester said.

She confessed to trying to “hold off going to the bathroom because I know if I go I will eat the paper,” she said, on huffingtonpost.com.

Sylvester said she usually ate about eight sheets of toilet paper at a time and admitted to going to “the bathroom just to get some toilet roll”.

“It does fill me up quite a bit,” she said.
“At first I used to eat a couple of squares at a time, but I keep eating more and more.”

Sylvester said she keeps her unconventional meal preference from her five kids.

“I try to hide it from my kids, if they spot me eating toilet roll they tell me off,” she said, according to The Huffington Post.

Even her daughter is on to her about her habit.
“If my daughter sees me she says, ‘Spit it out Mummy, spit it down the toilet,’” Sylvester said.