Re: The dangers of drinking calcium hydroxide

 This is why I think that herbs and supplements can be very helpfull, if we cannot get the nutrients we need from our food, because good food is unavailable or there are health issues that prevent us from obtaining what we need.

Agreed, but not all supplements are good. Some bad "nutrients" include calcium oxide/hydroxide, calcium carbonate (oyster shell, coral, dolomite), copper sulfate, magnesium oxide/hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and several other forms of potassium, and germanium dioxide to name a few. These are either poorly absorbed or outright dangerous.

Knowing the brix reading of food is a red herring, but he uses this to make himself sound knowledgable.

Totally agree. He loves to use scientific words that he does not have a clue what they mean counting on his followers being just as ignorant of the definitions.