Chalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us
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Technus@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Limestone, calcite and chalk are the same compound as the active ingredient in antacid tablets: calcium carbonate. There isn’t much danger in eating small amounts of it.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
how small is small?
Technus@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
IMongoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Whenever someone asks for tums I tell them “just eat chalk, it’s the same thing.”
Zoop@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Charlie, if your stomach hurts, eat a Tums!
Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So we do swallow rocks!
brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I eat Halite pretty frequently
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People will make a health conspiracy out of every innocuous thing, though.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
In fact, it’s best practice
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