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.
Best Answer: All atoms are neutral. An oxygen atom is neutral. The oxygen molecule, O2 is neutral. The oxygen ion has taken on 2 additional electrons from another atom to become the O^-2 ion. Oxygen, from column 6 has 8 electrons, 2 in the first energy level[now that level is full] and 6 in the outer energy level.