How much mineral and metal grit does one consume on a regular basis? The ceramic...

mapt · 2025-09-22T11:59:58 1758542398

"grit" is usually spherical or close to it, because it has seen chemical and mechanical weathering. It is often calcium crystals of some type.

This is neither. These are long dagger shapes, significantly larger than a diatom, very hard, sharpened to a fine edge.

tedk-42 · 2025-09-23T02:43:46 1758595426

They aren't giving you 'microcuts' in your gut, any more than anything else.

Why? The force applied isn't in a uniform downward direction like you would with a knife.

dyauspitr · 2025-09-23T05:48:13 1758606493

Grit is shaped differently than ultra sharp shards.