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minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·4 months agoLimestone, 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.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·4 months agoIn fact, it’s best practice
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agohow small is small?
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months agoYou know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoChalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI’m drawing with marker and like pen and stuff, I’m just eating the chalk
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWhenever someone asks for tums I tell them “just eat chalk, it’s the same thing.”
minus-squareZoop@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoCharlie, if your stomach hurts, eat a Tums!
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI eat Halite pretty frequently
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoPeople will make a health conspiracy out of every innocuous thing, though.
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.
In fact, it’s best practice
how small is small?
You know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.
Chalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us
I’m drawing with marker and like pen and stuff, I’m just eating the chalk
Whenever someone asks for tums I tell them “just eat chalk, it’s the same thing.”
Charlie, if your stomach hurts, eat a Tums!
So we do swallow rocks!
I eat Halite pretty frequently
People will make a health conspiracy out of every innocuous thing, though.