What's the benefits about edible gold leaf? Is that really good for health?!
What's the benefits about edible gold leaf? Is that really good for health?
some people said that edible gold is good for health. is that real?
Answers:
No. I have heard that gold is useful in medicine as an antibiotic, but only in certain forms and tiny amounts. Extended use can lead to heavy metal poisoning.
Per wikipedia:
"High quality pure metallic gold is tasteless, in keeping with its resistance to corrosion (it is metal ions which confer taste to metals).
In addition, gold is very dense, a cubic meter weighing 19300 kg. By comparison, the density of lead is 11340 kg/m3, and the densest element, Iridium, is 22650 kg/m3.
Toxicity
Generally, gold is non-toxic if consumed, and is used as food decoration in the form of gold leaf. However, consumption and thereby accumulation in body of large amount of gold (or gold compounds) is still toxic and the symptoms are similar to those of heavy metal poisoning."