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[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago

In fact, it’s best practice

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

how small is small?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

You know how big an antacid tablet is? About that amount.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Chalk it up to a feeling but eating a little bit of sand and whatnot is probably good for us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm drawing with marker and like pen and stuff, I'm just eating the chalk

[–] IMongoose 1 points 3 weeks ago

Whenever someone asks for tums I tell them "just eat chalk, it's the same thing."

[–] Benjaben 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So we do swallow rocks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I eat Halite pretty frequently

[–] ilinamorato 1 points 3 weeks ago

People will make a health conspiracy out of every innocuous thing, though.