A number of years ago, I got some mercury from school, and played around
with it – holding it in my hands, et al. I was very careful not to get any
of it in my mouth, and washed my hands after (I think). Would this cause
any problems? I only handled it for a few hours…
I’ve not noticed any brain damage so far… (Even though some people
reckon I never had a brain!)
Re: Underweight…
I’ve gotten some "Weight Gain" pills – which are made by
"Nutra-Life", and contain the following ingredients…
Calcium Phosphate
Freeze Dried Liver
Whey Protein Concentrate
Calcium Caseinate
Skim Milk Powder
Whey Powder
Egg Albium
Malted Milk Powder
Brewers Yeast
Torulla Yeast
Ferrous Sulphate
Pollen
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Nicotinamide
Pentothenic Acid
Vitamin B6HC1
Silica
Magnesium Stearate
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)
This seems like a bit of a weird combination, just for a "vitamin"
pill. There wouldnt be much protein in these quantities, so I am
wondering if one of the other contents improve metabolism, or
something like that… Any of these ingredients dangerous? Does this
product help any?
Steve!
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In article <12246.25CC5…@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Stephen.Wh…@p1.f853.n681.z3.fidonet.org (Stephen White) writes:
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# A number of years ago, I got some mercury from school, and played around
#with it – holding it in my hands, et al. I was very careful not to get any
#of it in my mouth, and washed my hands after (I think). Would this cause
#any problems? I only handled it for a few hours…
No. Metallic mercury is not dangerous to play with. But if you spill a lot
of it and it enters cracks all over the floor, the room gets unsafe to
live in because the vapors are toxic. Still, we are speaking years of
exposure before it shows. Mercury compounds are generally toxic, though,
except for amalgams which are chemically metallic and safe.
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#Re: Underweight…
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# I’ve gotten some "Weight Gain" pills – which are made by
#"Nutra-Life", and contain the following ingredients…
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Don’t expect anything from pills. You need substance.
Why fight underweight, assuming that you feel healthy? The only
direct problems I have (6’0", 130 lbs) is that things like flu wipe
me out because of lack of fat reserves.
If you are serious, there is weight gain powder to get from drugstores
and health food places. You dissolve it in milk and each load provides
calories plus balanced amino acids. I found a very good use for it
recently. After throat surgery I could not eat for a few weeks, so
I drank the stuff 3 times a day. It kept me alive, but..
BOY, do I have sympathy for the people who drink the other kind of powder
in order to lose weight. We are speaking major yuck. After the first
week I was ready to barf at the sight of the powder, but that would have
defeated the purpose.
Anyway, my hunch is that as soon as you yuck out on the powder your weight
drops back down. There are no free rides in nutrition.