Like, the very same? Does it at least goes through different processings? How the fuck can a metal be a medicine?
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Lithium is an atom, so it can form many compounds that do not have the same properties at all.
In a battery, lithium is in ionic form Li^(+), not linked to other atoms, but with an additional electron.
In medicine, from what I found on the Internet, lithium can be linked to various other atoms. But the active ingredient also seem to be Li^(+), (which means these compounds react in your body to form Li^(+) and other unnecessary stuff). So yes, it’s basically the same.
It’s absolutely normal to have metals in your body. Red cells in your blood contain iron compounds, thus an iron deficiency is a serious health issue. Other metals are also absolutely necessary to your health, like copper, zinc, chrome… But these are mainly in the form of compounds, that is, linked to other atoms, which means they have different properties than the metal itself. So that is absolutely not a reason to eat copper metal (don’t do that).
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