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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (5 children)

With the US asbestos comeback, are we getting Sweet Lead now too?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Its been in use for a long while over there.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Didn't they also had lead pipes and lead cutely and coups?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah, well we pumped it straight into the air for everything to breathe in. We painted schools and nurseries with it as well.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They had a lot of names for it.

"salt of Saturn"

And a lot if uses.

How much would cause brain damage, and how much brain damage did the average Roman have?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One thing that's overlooked about the Romans and lead exposure is that they did have organic forms of oral chelation available, which helped mitigate the effects. The most commonly quoted version of which is eating garlic, but many foods and nutrients can either decrease the amount of lead you absorb from the other foods that you eat, or increase the amount of lead that you excrete, which decreases their effects on your body and brain.

Of course, these foods by themselves are not going to completely remove all of the lead in your blood, but it would have reduced the amount, so it's not like they were completely raw-dogging lead in their wine.

https://lead.org.au/fs/Foods_for_Lead_Detox_A-Z_20150214.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How much brain damage would a brain damaged Roman have if a brain damaged Roman could have brain damage?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It was about that time I realised this wasn’t no Roman legionnaire, it was the goddamn Lernaean Hydra.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hahaha, what a bunch of morons, sugar isn't even good for you!

[sips sugar-free microplastic slurry]

Buncha dummies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Artificial sugar still causes an insulin response. Better stick with the vinegared lead.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wear a CGM (not diabetic, just a weird nerd).

I can assert that artificial sweeteners do not, in fact, affect insulin at all (at least for this n=1). After a Coke Zero, Diet Coke, or Ghost Energy, my blood sugar remains unaffected for hours (if no other calories are introduced).

Corn, however, in any form, fucks my shit up, blood glucose-wise. Way more than any other starch. No idea why.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you eating sugar free corn ?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Huh? No, corn definitely has sugar in it.

What I mean is, a portion of corn or corn products causes a WAY HIGHER glucose spike with me, than does an equivalently sized portion (by weight or volume) of white rice, beans, milk, or even chocolate cake cake. I don’t know why.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I believe they were making a joke about sugar free corn

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