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Depending on the product, sure. However, metals aren’t (as far as I know, there are probably exceptions) metabolized by the GI system, apart from being absorbed in to the bloodstream which would be equivalent to this. I have no idea how it could interact with surrounding tissue, that might be an issue but probably pretty unlikely.



There are transporter proteins for metals, eg Ceruloplasmin for copper and iron. I don’t know about molybdenum though, and think that tissue accumulation should at least be considered here.




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