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The periodic table strongly hints at a lithium salt connection. But what made you suspect lithium deficiency? Pork, beef, and salted potatoes sounds like a st
by hopler 8y ago
The periodic table strongly hints at a lithium salt connection.
But what made you suspect lithium deficiency?
Pork, beef, and salted potatoes sounds like a standard American diet. It's the core of the McDonald's menu :-)
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI don't eat the standard American diet. I eat enough vegetarian meals that meat-and-potatoes relatives have accused me of being vegetarian. And burgers: ew. Not my thing. I've had a few bipolar friends. I was having pretty severe mood swings that were very out of character for me. They reminded me of what little I knew of bipolar behavior.
- dotancohen 8y agoAt forty I'm starting to learn chemistry because my 12 year old daughter has an interest in it. If you have a layman's explanation for why the periodic table strongly hints at a lithium salt connection I would love to show that to her. Thanks. If you have any other insights that one could derive from the periodic table that would be much appreciated as well. Thank you!
- elvinyung 8y agoI think they just mean that lithium and sodium are both in the same valence group, but I'm not sure if that has any actual nutritional significance here.
- FakeComments 8y agoSodium chloride is normal salt, and potassium chloride is another salt. In general, chlorine is missing one electron from its full configuration, while the first column has a lonely electron in its outermost S-orbital — so they’re pretty happy to do a dance and make a molecule. (Which is why HCl is also a thing.)
- dotancohen 8y agoThank you.