Can humans digest coal?
In: Biology
Pure carbon, no, it’ll go right through you. But coal isn’t usually pure carbon; there are impurities that your body might (probably will) absorb which won’t do you any favors.
We can not digest coal. However unless there is any toxic materials in the coal we can eat it. However it does not do much within our intestines and exits the body in more or less the same form as it entered. So in general eating coal does not require you to seek medical attention unless your are presenting with symptoms. But it is not advisable to test this out. There is even one medical use for coal. If you have eaten a toxin then you might follow it up by eating some clean activated charcoal which will hopefully bind up some of the toxins and let them pass harmlessly through your digestion system without getting digested.
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