Some animal studies showed that using diets including soluble fiber (oat bran) helped eliminate the C-diff infection sooner than a diet with insoluble fiber (wheat bran). Foods high in soluble fiber include: oats and oat bran, oatmeal, beans, peas, carrots, barley, citrus fruits, strawberries and apple pulp.
Similarly, it is easier for oxygen to gain 2 electrons instead of loosing 6 electrons: Oxygen Ion. The two gained electrons (purple dots) means that this oxygen ion has 10 electrons (-10 charge) and only 8 protons (+8 charge), giving the ion a net charge of -2. Symbolically, we can represent this oxygen ion as O -2.
Answers. Best Answer: My answers were: S in H2SO3 is 4+ S in MgSO4 is 6+ and S in K2S is 2- For the first one, hydrogen has an oxidation number of 1+ per atom. There are 2 hydrogen atoms in that compound so the overall charge of hydrogen is 2+. The oxidation number of oxygen is 2- per atom, and having 3 atoms of oxygen the overall charge of oxygen is 6- so combine the charges.