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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by ta988 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:23PM (#38795792)
If you replace the Calcium with chalk you would still have a source of calcium so it wouldn't be that bad :D
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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by dehrmann on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:44PM (#38796081)
It's better than that. According to Wikipedia

> Chalk is typically almost pure calcite, CaCO3, with just 2% to 4% of other minerals

The supplement I just looked up uses Calcium Carbonate. That could just be purified chalk and be in compliance with the FDA. In fact, it probably is just that.

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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by beambot on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:48PM (#38796120)
Animals eat naturally-occurring chalk (and other substances) to regulate key minerals. It's called geophagia.
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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by dehrmann on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:23PM (#38796629)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_lick
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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by FredPret on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:27PM (#38796694)
> geophagia

Animals are eating the world

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Re:Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with u... by achanda358 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:31PM (#38795899)
With different bioavailability
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