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minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·3 days 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-up54·3 days agoIn fact, it’s best practice
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoChalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoYou know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI’m drawing with marker and like pen and stuff, I’m just eating the chalk
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWhenever someone asks for tums I tell them “just eat chalk, it’s the same thing.”
minus-squareZoop@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoCharlie, if your stomach hurts, eat a Tums!
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI eat Halite pretty frequently
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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
Chalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us
how small is small?
You know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.
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.