Water Containing Magnesium Carbonate Won't Cause lithiasis
Recently, there
have been rumors on the Internet that there is a lot of magnesium and calcium
carbonate in the scale, and long-term drinking can easily cause stomach and
kidney lithiasis. Is it true or false?
In
fact, drinking qualified tap water does not affect health. The main components
of scale are carbonate, such as magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate.
After water is absorbed by the human body, the magnesium carbonate and calcium
carbonate in the scale are dissolved by stomach acid. The part that cannot be
decomposed will be discharged with the stool and will not have a special impact
on the body.
Because
the liquid in the stomach is highly acidic, whether the water we drink contains
too much calcium or too many other ions, after the decomposition of stomach
acid, some free ions will be formed, so it does not have the chance to form lithiasis.
Because
most of these ions are excreted, some are absorbed and used by the body. In
addition, kidney lithiasis form when calcium and magnesium ions are present in
high concentrations and form small crystals in the urine.
The
formation of calculi disease is related to many factors, such as metabolism,
dietary nutrition, living environment, occupation, gender and genetic factors, etc.
It is not advisable to arbitrarily conclude that a disease is caused by only
one factor.