#Potassium

[autistic-af]

Saw your post on natural burials! You mentioned water cremation. Can you share more about it?

Thanks! 💜🖤

Yes I can!

Water cremation is becoming more popular, although slow to pick up as many people don't understand it.

Alkaline hydrolysis is a process by which the body is placed in a pressurised vessel with water and potassium hydroxide. The water is then heated to 320°F (160°C). The pressurised environment stops the water from boiling. The body breaks down in approximately 4-6 hours, leaving behind bones.

The water, which now contains the broken down components of the body as amino acids, peptides, sugars and salts, is safe to be washed away.

The bones are then dried on a rack before placed into a Cremulator to be turned into ashes and then given to family.

To compare, heat cremation requires temperatures of 1600-1800°F (871-982°C), requiring much more energy and releases toxins into the air.

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Emerald Lake II by Jonas Daley

"Emerald Lake" belongs to the magnesium sulfate subtype salt lake. It is the third largest artificial lake in Haixi Prefecture, covering an area of ​​more than 26 square kilometers. It produces good quality potassium, magnesium, lithium and other elements. Because the salt bed is alternately and crystal-clear with light green, emerald green and deep blue lake water, the locals call it "Emerald Lake".

[tkingfisher]

The Saga of Bob: Endgame (hopefully)

This one was awhile coming. Partly I was afraid that if I posted it, the tumor would come back the next day, and partly I had some complications that took awhile to iron out. But here we are, at long last, sans Bob.

You can learn all about how I had cancer in Part One or hit the prior episode at Part Seven.

What is with doctors and painkillers?! Though to her credit, she was like “I am so sorry you’re in pain! Let me write a new prescription!”

(Still not sure if it’s PTSD.)

That last bit was the really scary one. (It was, uh, pretty bad. Never been bedridden before. Don’t recommend it.)

Shout out to Doctor Pinkeye who had it sorted in two business days. Also, when I first reported my symptoms, she said “You never complain about anything. If you say something’s wrong, it is.” She’s a doctor in a million.

Lack of cortisol can cause problems in about twenty different ways, including dangerous levels of potassium and blowing your electrolytes all to hell. It’s actually kinda interesting, in a “wow, look at all the fascinating ways I could keel over!” way.

Honestly, after two months of slowly crashing cortisol levels, complaining about radiation would have felt like complaining over a hangnail. It was boring and I moisturized a lot, the end.

Also there are some quite nice MedicAlert bracelets on Etsy.

And here is hoping I never have to make another one of these!

[cursedtrekedits]

gave them a snack

[lupucs]

Potassium! 🍷 Queen from Deltarune all made with Blender

[phantomrose96]

My dodgeball friends which are my tennis friends which are my biking friends which are my skiing friends took me skiing again yesterday.

It was only my third time skiing after 10+ years of not doing it, and surreptitiously ("surreptitiously") yesterday was a pure powder day, which we couldn't have predicted when we booked the tickets. Given the absolute zoo of the parking lot, I figured "powder" would be like skiing on a dream.

I was wrong. By god I was wrong. Powder makes you work 10x as hard to turn and control. Powder turns the ski slopes into checkboard patterns of mounds and valleys which, if taken at high enough speed, must generate some kind of musical note. Like a marimba of bad decisions.

I was making noises I wasn't proud of. I was watching my life flash before my eyes. I was voluntarily faceplanting in the snow one time, because my options were voluntary faceplant now or involuntary faceplant later at a speed I could only reach against my own will.

My one validation was reconvening with my friends at lunch and seeing that half of them also looked like they lost a long argument against God at the peak of that mountain, shoveling fries into their mouths and buying $5 powerade because it's that or death.

I got better like I got a feel for it as the day went on. But the fatigue stays with you. More than once I tried to tell my leg muscles to do something and they informed me the sodium-potassium channels were out to lunch. Informed me they were on their union-mandated break, but Good Luck to me and my own. I stopped on the slopes more than once to catch my breath. I flopped right over in the snow at the end of a run. And in the middle of it. And in the middle of the part before the middle.

I escaped the previous two ski sessions without being sore the next day but I knew this time I was done in. Did things to my legs that go against the Geneva convention. Would reap my consequences when the sun returned.

Woke up this morning. Legs were fine. Not just "not bad" but completely, 100% fine. As fine as if I'd done absolutely nothing the previous day.

My UPPER ARMS are killing me though. From, as best I can gather, the gargantuan, mammoth effort of... like pushing myself up from the snow like 5 times.

I should stop skipping arm day.

[rebirthgarments]

TW: Chemical w-rfare, Ab-rtion

Urgent Ask to evacuate Nara, a 🍉 disabled woman with MS who also has pancreatic cancer due to chemical w-rfare.

Support by financially contributing to her @FedUp4Palestine vetted funhnd-raizer (that I personally vetted): givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid

+ resharing/ reposting this post!

I, Sky Cubacub- a Fed up 4 Palestine team member, have been in direct contact with Nara to get to know her and her story more over the past few days. We have become fast friends due to so many overlapping symptoms of our disabilities. Nara’s story caught my eye because I have post-viral ME/CFS which many times is a precursor to MS. I really want my disability community to show up for her to get this campaign funded that is so close to my heart so that she can continue medical treatment.

We have chatted extensively! During our chats, I found out from Nara that she had not previously had health issues until she was exposed in the white phosphorus attack in 2008. The long lasting damage and effects of phosphorus continue to compound and become more and more disabling to this day, even after 16 years.

Here is her story in her own words (edited for clarity):

“Hi I'm Nara,

I'm a cancer and multiple sclerosis patient. I need treatment, examinations, and follow-up on a regular basis, but the hospitals in which I used to follow up were bombed and the other one was turned into military barracks. All I need now is to leave Gaza for treatment, preserve my life, and live with my family in peace.

We're a family of 4, including my 12 and 7 year old children.

I had been diagnosed with a tumor in the pancreas as a result of inhaling phosphorus in a previous war. A couple years after being exposed to phosphorus, I became pregnant, and the fetus was pressing on the tumor, which drew the doctor’s attention to the cancer. My fetus was emergency aborted, and the spleen, 80% of the pancreas, and part of the small intestine were removed. I complained every now and then of a lot of pain as a result of the removal of part of the pancreas. I was having follow up care in the Turkish Friendship Hospital for hematology and tumors. But since the beginning of October, I have not been able to follow up because the hospital has turned into a military barracks.

The remaining part is talking about multiple sclerosis:

In 2018, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I had many complications, such as inflammation of the seventh nerve in the eye, the inability to walk with balance, movement with difficulty, and many symptoms. I was then required to take 12 injections every month and many medications and vitamins. I was following up at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, but unfortunately the hospital was out of service due to the war. So for a long time I have not received any injections. MS is truly difficult and it controls my life completely, and the attacks occur in many and varied ways.”

A note about her breathing apparatus:

Because people in displacement have to wait in long queues and pay to use the bathroom, Nara had started to restrict her water intake because of a UTI she never has been able to heal from. This has created a problem with raised levels of potassium, so doctors have placed her on oxygen for fear of the potassium affecting her heart.

Goals

she needs at least $15,000 to evacuate

2 adults at $5,000 each

2 children at $2,500 each

this price is subject to increase due to the cost of registration for evacuation continuing to go up

The other money will go to the cost of treatment and living costs.

Nara chooses to stay anonymous because she has had to mask her disabilities so much that only her family knows about her MS and Cancer, so we have not linked her instagram, but we are in direct contact with her and can verify that she is who she says she is! Because of this, she cannot promote her own fundraiser, so it is our job to collectively do it for her!

[Image Description: a digital illustration by @k8deciccio of Nara, a Pal-eh-stienian woman wearing a black hijab/outfit with purple highlights. She has a breathing apparatus that is bulbous that goes in her nose. Text Reads: Help Narawith Cancer and MS Treatment, She Must Evacuate with her family of 4. $30k goal givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid . There is a QR code in the bottom right corner that goes to her support link. The @FedUp4Palestine logo is in the top left corner.]

[foxy-eva]

Date? Date!

Summary: Reader asks Spencer if he wants a date (the food item). Miscommunication ensues. 

Pairing: Spencer Reid x GN!Reader

Category: Fluff

Content Warnings: food mentions, miscommunication, awkwardness 

Word count: 700

Masterlist

Early into your career at the FBI you learned how important it was to take good care of yourself. Long and irregular work hours made it difficult to nourish your body, so you made it a habit to always pack some healthy snacks.

Recently you discovered your love for dates - a fruit packed with fiber and potassium while satiating your sweet tooth. 

You grabbed a small container from your bag while your eyes landed on your favorite coworker. Months ago you noticed that his main source of energy was coffee and refined sugar, so without thinking too much about it, you decided to offer him an alternative. 

“Date?” You asked once Spencer found your eyes. 

“Wh…what?” He muttered. “You’re asking me… just like that?” 

His reaction was a little confusing but it wasn't the first time that the brilliant Dr. Spencer Reid left you a bit puzzled. 

"Yeah, of course! I think it’ll be good for you!” You chirped to encourage him. 

“You think?” His mouth stayed agape after those words made it past his lips. 

You raised your eyebrows at him and withdrew your offer, “You obviously don’t have to. You can just say no.”

“No, no, it’s not that! I just.. I have never been… I mean… I have never really… had a date?” He muttered.

“Really? That's hard to believe.” You couldn't hide the surprised tone in your voice. Dates were pretty popular, you had never met anyone who hadn’t tried one.

“It’s true…,” he mumbled.  

“Maybe it’s time for you to try it!” 

"I... have thought about it. A lot actually." Spencer whispered while his eyes dropped to the floor. "With you specifically"

At this point you definitely couldn't hide your confusion anymore. You took one date out of the plastic container to look at it before you said, "You have thought about eating dates with me?" 

When your eyes met his again you noticed the color draining from his face. The already pale doctor suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost. 

“You uhm… you… of course… you were talking about dates,” he stammered.

“Yes? What were you tal–” You stopped mid sentence when you realized. 

Oh.

Oh.

Spencer must have thought you were asking him out. 

Now his reaction made a lot more sense. 

Before you could say anything, Spencer quickly got up to leave the room. You could only imagine how embarrassed he must have been right then. Your heart began aching at the thought of hurting the person you cared so deeply about. 

The truth was that you were hoping for him to ask you out for months now. It was hard to tell if he actually liked you too, so you never had the courage to ask him yourself. 

It seemed like the cat was out of the bag now and it was your chance to finally ask him out for real. 

“Spencer!” You called out his name as you ran after him. “Wait, please!”

To your surprise he slowed down, coming to a halt right before he reached the elevators. 

“I just want to go catch some air,” he explained with a fake smile on his face. 

“Please don’t be embarrassed,” you said with a soft voice. “It was just a little misunderstanding.” 

“Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s fine, really!” He lied while pressing the button of the elevators. 

“It’s true that I was just offering you a date, but…” you paused for a moment, noticing his eyes getting bigger. 

You almost got lost in the warm amber that were his irises. It was hard to actually speak the words you so clearly wanted to say. But you knew it was now or never. 

“... But I would really like to go out with you. On an actual date,” you confessed. 

The features of Spencer's face suddenly softened and it seemed like relief washed over him. 

“You do?” He wanted to make sure. 

“Yeah, I really do,” you confirmed.

A wide smile appeared on his face. “I would really like that, too. Maybe we could go out for dinner someday.”

“Dinner sounds a lot better than just eating dates together,” you laughed. 

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[scientia-rex]

Why does your body have different systems for liquid and solid waste?

Trick question. It doesn’t. Urine isn’t filtered off feces—it’s filtered from your bloodstream. Your kidneys rely on seeing a lot of blood flow, and they have intricate mechanisms for tightly regulating the chemistry of your blood. Kidneys are built to keep our blood within the very narrow range of acidity where we can stay alive. (Which is why “alkalinizing” diets are generally going to be bullshit.) They keep us from having so much salt that our brains stop working, or so little that our medullas explode. They regulate our potassium so that our heart doesn’t go into a fatal arrhythmia due to membrane instability. Kidneys do break down many chemicals, including NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen), but they have one fundamental job—keep our blood from making our bodies an unlivable environment. And they do that by using water from our blood to carry away whatever we don’t want at a given moment.

Bowels, meanwhile, handle food. After food gets churned to chyme in the stomach, it gets squeezed into the small intestine. The small intestine is very long but smaller in diameter than the large intestine. It has one job: retrieve nutrients. The digested-digesting-food slurry makes it way through the small intestine thanks to rhythmic, longitudinal muscle contractions called peristalsis. After about 30 feet of this, it reaches a hard turn into the large intestine in your lower right abdominal quadrant, where the appendix hangs off the main channel. The large intestine goes up to the diaphragm, turns about 90 degrees, runs across your belly at the top just under your ribs, and at your left side makes another hard turn down, hanging a right at the spleen to dive down the left front side of your belly and then back and down to your rectum and then your anus. The large intestine, also known as the colon, has one job: get water back out of the food slurry, now that the water has helped the body absorb nutrients by creating a lot of surface area for contact with membranes lining the small intestine. So the longer stool spends in your colon, the more water gets sucked out of it, the harder and drier your stool gets, and the more difficult it is for the combination of peristalsis and your conscious effort to get it to move down and out of your body.

Anyway, eat lots of fiber. Drinking water won’t make you poop; your kidneys are way too good at regulating your fluid balance. Only fiber and indigestible sugars can save you now.

[i-like-what-this-says-about-you]

every house md episode part 2

random girl: hey gramps! let’s go for a run! get them juices flowing!

gramps: i’m a bit old, katy, so we’ll have to go slow

*they go running*

gramps: hhhh. hHhHhH

katy: you ok gramps? you need your inhaler?

gramps: o mi god katy your eyes are bleeding..

katy: *faints*

*INTRO MUSIC*

house: *bouncing ball around in his office, daydreaming about wilson*

cuddy: HOUSE the clinic is BACKED UP get in there NOW

house: no but i’ve got a case *lying*

cuddy: sure you do… get down there now

at the clinic

house: *sighs and picks up a file*

cameron: *runs up to house* i have a case!

house: i’ll take it! CUDDYYYY I HAVE A CASE FOR REALS NOW

cuddy: *is in distress*

house: *scurries away*

*** house: what’s the case

cameron: a girl fainted while running—

house: how unusual

cameron: running with her grandfather. and her eyes started bleeding

house: *snoring sounds*

cameron: … and uh she has low potassium—

house: she ugly?

cameron: what? no

house: you always pick the ugly ones

cameron: no i don’t

house: so why’d you pick her? why do you feel bad for her?

cameron: i don’t i just thought her case was interesting.

house: a girl who doesn’t enough bananas is interesting?

cameron: her eyes started bleeding!

house: is she a widow?

cameron: she’s 17!

house: so?

they walk into the office

chase: wow… she lost both her parents and lives with her grandfather…

house: bingo!

***

the office is silent as the ducklings read katy’s file

house: please, not everybody all at once..

foreman: it’s a brain clot. got activated when she went running.

house: bad. next

chase: it’s lady gaga virus! that’s why it came on suddenly

house: check for a brain clot

foreman: *evil smirk*

*** cameron is in the patient’s room getting blood

cameron: it must be hard… both parents dead. living with your grandfather

katy: i don’t need your pity

*** chase: *walking into the office with the other minions behind him* it’s not a brain clot

house: hmmmm…

chase: back to lady gaga virus—

house: it is NOT lady gaga virus you idiot

cameron: maybe an eyeball embolism caused by a seizure?

house: and why would she have had a seizure?

cameron: low potassium causes invisible seizure syndrome. she wouldn’t have noticed it.

house: that’s 1 in a million rare… i like it. do five blood cultures

the minions obey

***

cameron: it’s not eyeball embolism!!

chase: LADY GAGA VIRUS

house: FOR THE LAST TIME, IT IS NOT— *epiphany* omygod it’s lady gaga virus…

chase: *evil smirk*

*** the patient has recovered.

wilson: it is now time for my 5 minutes of screen time

[red-in-revolt]

A Cybertronian Taste Guide to the Periodic Table of Elements

What exists below is a list of every element and a guide to how it tastes to Cybertronian kind.

Hydrogen – Dangerous, tastes extremely cold and bitter with sour undertones. Poisonous as it makes metal brittle.

Helium – Minty tasting gas can be refined to form a super-conductive concentrate used as Cybertronian equivalent to the drug speed

Lithium – Very sweet, cybertronian equivalent to pop rocks. Should not be mixed with liquid fuels

Beryllium – Minty and cold. Excellent topping to go with sweet flavors

Boron – used mainly as a cleaner. Tastes EXTREMELY bitter

Carbon – has no taste and is often used as a ‘food base’ in its pure form similar to rice or bland potatoes on Earth.

Nitrogen – has little taste and is considered of little use, is often used as a filler in cybertronian junk food

Oxygen – Considered dangerous in its pure form. It can, however, be used to purge system contaminates in smaller more diluted forms.

Fluorine – Poisonous and corrosive this is not safe for consumption. I’m told it tastes both sour and bitter with rancid undertones by those unfortunate enough to have tried eating it.

Neon – cold with a fresh smell. The plasma is used in medicine and it’s not often consumed as food but is used in the preservation of food in coolers and refrigeration units.

Sodium – only safe in its iodized form. Tastes salty ( I don’t know what else you expected )

Magnesium – sour-sweet taste favored by flight-frames for its health benefits

Aluminum – Sour and tastes warm even when served cold. Best used in combination with sweeter additives.

Silicon – savory-sweet often consumed as an aphrodisiac because of its similar tast to certain portions of a mech’s anatomy.

Phosphorus – extremely bitter and sour. While not often used in food it is used as a spray-on chemical deterrent on items not meant for consumption in order to ensure sparklings (and idiots) don’t accidentally consume something they shouldn’t.

Sulfur – savory and bitter, it is generally only used in medicine but some mechs have refined it to use as a flavoring on certain kinds of snacks.

Chlorine – salty and sweet, it’s best avoided as it’s poisonous and can create an oxidizing effect and lead to painful rust infections. Some mechs swear by it as an additive to some savory dishes … so long as one keeps plenty of antidote on hand.

Argon – Harmless, tasteless gas which is usually not consumable but can be used as an additive in items such as whipped energon in order to create a lighter, fluffier end result.

Potassium – Salty and sweet this is used in many dishes as a flavor enhancer or spice and can even is a favorite dessert topping

Calcium – savory and sweet it’s often used as an additive to flavorful dishes and is favored by speedsters

Scandium – savory with a slight bitter undertone, often used in stews and in thick gruels

Titanium – savory with very slight sour undertones this is often eaten for it’s medicinal properties and enjoyed in nearly every savory dish

Vanadium – savory with slight sweet undertones it is highly favored by larger hauler class mechs who enjoy sprinkling it over various street foods.

Chromium – a very popular savory additive that is beloved for its anti-corrosive properties. Some of the oldest Cybertronian recipes feature heavy amounts of chromium. It is particularly enjoyed in pasta dishes.

Manganese - Another popular savory additive though less popular than chromium due to its slightly bitter undertones. Can often be found used as junk food flavoring and is usually associated with unhealthy fuel despite its harmless nature.

Iron – savory with mild sour and bitter undertones depending on who you ask. Beastformers however love this and proclaim it to be salty instead of sour or bitter. It is a common base in many Eukarian dishes.

Cobalt – savory and salty. A common flavoring for snack food, particularly chips and fries.

Nickel – savory and mildly sour this is favored only for its medicinal properties and is usually pared with carbon or calcium when used in recipes.

Copper – a sweet and slightly savory additive that is favored by the miner and warrior castes as a cheaper alternative to sweeter additives like gold. Miners often use it as a topping on popped coil kernels creating a Kaon local delicacy known as Copper Kern.

Zinc – a salty and sour additive that is popular in cocktails as a garnish in a similar manner to olives or pearl onions

Gallium – bland with mildly sweet tones, gallium often forms the basis of most Cybertronian ‘bread’ products as gallium wheat is a popular product due to its speed of growth and ease of cultivation.

Germanium – a semi-sweet element with mildly bitter undertones Germanium is considered to be the Cybertonian chocolate and is used in conjunction with sweeter additives or even cyberorganic fruit as hugely popular candies.

Arsenic – semi-sour, Arsenic is greatly favored as a pairing with other spicier flavorings. Tyger Pax in particular was known for a dish made of Arsenic and uranium.

Selenium – Salty and semi-sweet this is often used as a garnish for savory and sweet dishes

Bromine – while not often used in food Bromine is an effective ‘downer’ drug and is used in the production of Syk.

Krypton – In high dose case canisters Krypton can be used as a sweet tasting additive for circuit boosters and energy drinks. A particularly popular energy drink known as Krypt was the native creation of Polyhex and the drink’s mascot, Unicron, was often pictured climbing out of his grave to hand customers a can.

Rubidium – warm and slightly spicy this element is often used to add a very mild heat to a dish akin to the way humans use black pepper.

Strontium – in its stable form it is considered to be fresh and sweet. When consumed in its unstable form it is sweet and spicy. Either way Strontium is often used in mixed drinks and smoothies.

Yttrium – mildly sweet and fresh with health benefits that aid optical sensors. Yttrium is often used in salad toppings or mixed into soups.

Zirconium – savory but with a distinctive earthiness that most find distinctly unappealing.

Niobium – Bitter and savory it’s often eaten as a health food but otherwise is not much enjoyed. Certain products will add it to their flavorings as a way to appear healthier than they are.

Molybdenum – savory and fresh this element is favored by warrior caste mechs and is often added to shakes in order to help boost performance.

Technetium – savory and spicy this is often used as a the main flavoring in Cybertronian curries.

Ruthenium – sweet and savory with distinct bitter undertones that make it undesirable to most. It’s often paired in dishes with Yttrium in order to tone down the bitter aftertaste.

Rhodium – a light, savory and sweet additive Rhodium is favored by bots concerned with their appearance as it is said to have finish enhancing abilities.

Palladium – sweet, savory and fresh Palladium is a coveted part of most high-class Cybertornian meals.

Silver – sweet and fresh silver is the most common flavor additive and is often referred to as the ‘vanilla’ of the Cybertronian world. Perhaps that is why the term ‘silver-plated’ is often used to refer to mechs who aren’t considered adventurous in the bedroom.

Cadmium – sweet with a sharp earthiness that most Cybertronians cannot stand, though some take it as a medicine to help improve energy retention.

Indium – A fresh, bland, and mildly bitter element Indium is enjoyed for its ability to strengthen a mechs gloss and shine. It is often used in light nutritious meals or in beauty supplements.

Tin – An earthy, fresh tasting alloy often used to cut-down either sweet or spicy flavors in dishes. Though usually used in small amounts tin also has helpful properties that many mechs find appealing.

Antimony – A sour and fresh tasting additive that is also used in many cosmetics. Antimony can often be seen used in certain summer time drinks as it’s considered to be quite refreshing and cooling.

Tellurium – The Cybertronian version of garlic Tellurium is used in basically any dish that most mechs would consider to be good. It has a strong salty, fresh, and slightly sour taste that many bots cannot help loving.

Iodine – normally not consumed save to assist in the case of radiation poisoning Iodine is extremely bitter and sour in a horribly unpleasant way.

Xenon – a downer, Xenon is often ‘smoked’ as the Cybertronian equivalent of weed. Save for flyers who have an opposing reaction and use it often as booster. Many energy drink marketed and designed in Vos feature Xenon and have led to the mistaken belief that most Seekers are constantly high.

Cesium – Extremely sweet. So much so that most mechs cannot stand the taste until it has been added to other elements. It’s surprisingly well-liked by miner-castes who sprinkle it on just about all of their desserts. Tarn in particular was known for their Cesium Sweets, a taffy like candy a mech could chew for nearly a full hour without losing flavor.

Barium – A tasteless, bland, cleanser often used to help clear out a mech’s vents. Usually taken as a remedy for some lesser illnesses affecting a bot’s respiratory systems.

Lanthanum – a savory-sweet element that is favored for it’s light effecting abilities. It’s particularly popular with Praxians who swear by it for afternoon snacks.

Cerium – Savory and highly sour Cerium is mostly used in cosmetics but you can also find it used in certain savory dishes once the sour taste has been neutralized by other blander ingredients.

Praseodymium – A bland and mildly savory additive that is often used as a base in baking for darker and more savory bread blends. It is particularly enjoyed as a crust on savory dishes.

Neodymium – A bland and mildly sour additive that is mostly used in medicine to help treat audial disorders. Most bots associate this taste with medicine due to its use in many medicines marketed for new-builds and sparklings.

Promethium – spicy and savory Promethium is often enjoyed in mild salsas and sauces

Samarium – a savory and mildly spicy additive that is used in medicine and few places else as it rarely pairs well with other flavors

Europium – A savory additive often beloved in cocktail mixes that activate its phosphorescence for an impressive display.

Gadolinium – Minty and sour this is often enjoyed by rescue bots working in hazardous fields due to its health properties.

Terbium – a savory filler additive often enjoyed as a snack.

Dysprosium – a bitter and sour additive that is often taken to improve memory health. It is often consumed as tea and treated with great respect by older mechs.

Holmium – savory and sweet Holmium is a deadly Cybertronian poison that has been historically used to poison food as it can be undetectable until after consumption. Many famous figures have met their end due to this element.

Erbium – A sweet and fresh tasting element, Erbium is often favored by femmes who often extol upon its refined palate.

Thulium – A bland semi-savory additive often eaten as a flat chip snack by smaller bots, particularly laser-pointers who can’t seem to get enough of the stuff.

Ytterbium – the more dangerous cousin to thulium, Ytterbium is not often enjoyed despite its savory flavor due to its habit of catching on fire. That said, it does make for some truly impressive meals if you’re brave enough to try.

Lutetium – A crunchy and slightly spicy additive that is often eaten like popcorn at movies.

Hafnium – A semi-sweet additive often enjoyed by medics who often add it to their morning rations of stimulant.

Tantalum – a sour-sweet additive often made into energon candies and particularly enjoyed as a rust-stick flavor.

Tungsten – a bitter and sour additive often used by warrior caste mechs in cocktails or brewed into Engex ales. Kegs of Tungsten Brew are a particular favorite of young warrior caste parties.

Rhenium – A bland and savory additive favored as a snack by flight frames, particularly seekers who serve it drizzled over noodles or raw cyber fauna meat.

Osmium – A crunchy and savory additive often used as bar nuts in pubs

Iridium – A savory and so-called gamey additive not often consumed on Cybertron proper but beloved by Beastformers as a delicacy.

Platinum – a light and savory additive, Platinum is highly prized as a delicacy.

Gold – everyone’s favorite sweet and tangy treat! Gold is used in just about every dessert, cocktail, and snack food Cybertron has to offer.

Mercury – A mildly sour-sweet additive that is often enjoyed as a palate cleanser between meals by natives of Iacon's Towers.

Thallium – A sour treat often only enjoyed diluted though certain mechs enjoy it served raw on their energon ( those bots are, of course, psychopaths).

Lead – A slightly savory and bland additive that is often used in dishes meant to be easy on the tank. Though eating too much of it will cause ‘lead tank’ syndrome which can lead a mech’s systems to slow down and become clogged.

Bismuth – a slightly sour additive with mildly spicy undertones that is particularly favored in Cybertronian BBQ dishes.

Polonium – A very spicy additive with sweet undertones that is a favorite of places such as Tetrahex and Helex who use it as a sauce in some soups and noodle-dishes.

Astatine – An explosively spicy additive it is advised that this should not be consumed unless one is in space. Open air space restaurants are usually famous for their Astatine salsas.

Radon – a spicy gas with sour and sweet undertones that often causes hallucinogenic fits in Cybertronians.

Francium – A very spicy additive normally only used in extreme hot sauces.

Radium – An extremely spicy additive with savory undertones that is beloved in Cybertronian burritos and curries alike.

Actinium – a spicy additive often added to drinks to alter their color. Some mechs from Nyon swear by their spicy Nyon Sunset mixes though other cities often refer to the drink as a ‘Bloody Sunset’ instead.

Thorium – A mildly spicy additive with sweet undertones that is highly favored by scientist caste mechs. It’s often used in spicy snacks or candies and can often be seen as a flavoring on snacks littered around labs and science buildings.

Protactinium – A spicy and sour additive that is not particularly popular as it rarely pairs well with other spices.

Uranium – a moderately spicy additive with savory undertones that is highly favored as a snack and mixture in sauces and spice mixtures for many dishes. It was particularly popular in Tarn and Kaon.

Neptunium – A moderately spicy additive that is favored by shuttles and is featured in a notorious Vosnian dish that features many variations with recipes being jealously guarded by entire build lines due to competitions held to determine which house has the better dish. It is comparable to chili on Earth.

Plutonium- a moderate to extremely spicy additive that is used in everything from savory and spicy sandwiches to flaming hot chip recipes.

Americium – A mildly spicy additive favored for it’s smokey flavor. It’s a particular favorite of boil dishes and barbecue meals out of Tyger Pax.

Curium – a very spicy additive often avoided due to its habit of easily reaching critical mass. Though one candy company has done well marketing it as ‘explosively good’. Nukes, as they're called, were a treat enjoyed in certain circles in Iacon.

Berkelium – A very spicy additive with sour undertones often used as a minuscule starter for some Cybertronian baked goods

Californium – A very spicy additive with savory undertones that is enjoyed in certain seafood dishes

Einsteinium – An extremely spicy additive not advised for consumption. If you eat it any way we suggest having a barrel of Boltvine milk on hand.

Fermium – An extremely spicy additive only idiots consume.

Mendelevium – An extremely spicy additive that is nearly impossible to consume and yet you’re going to try anyway aren’t you? Dumbaft.

Nobelium – Why are you trying to eat something so spicy you’re guaranteed to go blind doing so?

Lawrencium – An extremely spicy thing that exists and you can’t eat it. You can’t. Because I said so.

Rutherfordium – How would you even eat this extremely spicy element ? That’s not a question we want an answer to by the way. Save yourself the trouble and don’t eat it.

Dubnium – If you try to eat this your fuel pump and your spark go ‘unst unst unst’ and then you die.

Seaborgium – Ha! It only exists for 14 minutes so I bet you can’t eat it anyway! It’s very spicy and – No that wasn’t a challenge!!

Bohrium – You know what, if you can eat something that only exists for 61 seconds all power to you. You spawn of Unicron you.

Hassium – Sixteen seconds to eat it. Go. I bet you- BLURR NO!!

Meitnerium – Why are we? You can’t eat it, it barely exists. And I bet it’s so spicy it’ll literally burn right through you.

Darmstadtium – I don’t know why I’m including this but it would set you on fire just touching it to your glossa. Don’t try it.

Roentgenium – I bet this one knocks out all your teeth and then takes your lunch money.

Copernicium – The burn that keeps on burning

Nihonium – It’s a theoretical burn so bad your offspring feel it.

Flerovium – You’re about to get roasted! By science!

Msocovium – You’re so dumb I bet you’d try to eat a star while still on the spaceship!

Livermorium – Oo!! Burn!

Tennessine – Well boy howdy bot you can’t eat that ya’ll’dve hurt yerself

Oganesson – It doesn’t even exist so don’t even try it.

[restlesschilled]

Everyone always talks about how funny it is that Jon Ex girlfriend is Played by Jonny’s real life spouse,

but what I thinks is funnier is that Jane Prentiss who spends half of season 1 harassing Martin is voice by Alex’s then girlfriend/now wife Hannah Brankin

[lyraofthestarsss]

Pink haired tango pink haired tango pink haired tango pink haired tango pink haired tango-

Someone please add some lithium and potassium to that creature please I am ON MY KNEES 🙏🛐

[starspaces]

potassium deficiency is frequently a problem in recovering alcoholics

[reality-detective]

◻️Celtic salt, also known as grey salt or sel gris, offers potential health benefits when taken on the tongue.

◻️It is rich in minerals such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium, aiding in electrolyte balance and hydration support.

◻️The salt may stimulate saliva production and digestive enzymes, supporting digestive health, while also having alkalizing properties that help balance pH levels.

◻️Unlike refined table salt, Celtic salt may have a milder effect on blood pressure regulation and enhances the flavor of foods and beverages.

- Barbara O'Neill 🤔

[yourplayersaidwhat]

Player: "I wish-summon potassium"

DM: "You wish, and bananas appear everywhere"