MANY pop tums like they are candy. One friend ended up losing most of thyroid due to calcium deposits on her thyroid as her MD told her Tums was OK for calcium needs!!!

I can remember my sil and daughter living on tums during their marriage. Sadly he died at 55 and she now takes DGL which protects the stomach and especially for ulcer issues...DGL addresses reflux, heartburn, gerd..... I found DGL about 6 yrs ago as I ended up with stomach ulcer from pharma anti inflammatory many yrs ago.