Big_carrot_69 OP t1_jaaf0hq wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Eli5: An adult human body weighing 70 kg contains about 0.2 milligrams of gold inside him. How did that gold got in the humans if no foods have gold and gold is not absorbed during digestion either? by Big_carrot_69
but gold is not absorbed, i just passes to the colon
ADDeviant-again t1_jaaicn2 wrote
Even nano-gold, like is found in sea water?
TheJeeronian t1_jab7ezf wrote
Gold ions could well be reduced and precipitate out in the liver or kidneys, building up. They could also exist as organic gold molecules in the body.
It looks like this isn't a super well-studied bit of chemistry.
Big_carrot_69 OP t1_jacc4kh wrote
It looks like it. Apparently gold helps the joints and transmission of electrical signals in the body from a study I've read.
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