Recently, a wave of food luxury "gold foil" has been blown up. Let's not say whether it's delicious or not. The high price of ingredients is amazing enough to cause a topic. Gold was used for decoration in ancient civilization, symbolizing identity and status. Some people have heard of "swallowing gold to commit suicide", which makes people wonder-can gold really be eaten?
Gold foil has a long history in traditional Chinese medicine. In the eyes of Chinese medicine, it is not surprising to eat gold, because ancient Chinese medicine has regarded gold foil as a blind medicinal material. Can I eat gold foil? How to eat? In ancient times, it took a lot of effort to eat gold foil. First of all, you have to put a small piece of pure gold in two thick pieces of toilet paper, and beat it hard with the ductility of pure gold until it becomes a thin gold foil, so you can eat it. In modern times, one gram of pure gold can be made into 5,500 square centimeters of gold foil with a thickness of only 0.0001mm. In addition to gold foil, there is also liquid gold foil, which is sprayed in a cup of fragrant coffee to make the coffee more dazzling, and it is also claimed to have the effect of health care and beauty.