• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    You almost definitely ate metal today. Many of the essential nutrients we need are technically metals.

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      Spourios elements usually aren’t consumed in their metallic form, but as salts. Also 900 g of metals are several orders of magnitue beyond what is the usual daily amount of consumption.

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      I mean, sure, iron, etc in my food. But I wasn’t out in the garage gnawing a hunk off the bumper of the car.