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Mormon 8 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:32 pm
I think the spin would be more along the lines of 'thanks to new technologies and research, it has been proven that coffee has over 150 antioxidants and when taken in moderation can actually bring health benefits and that green tea has shown to be very useful for medicinal purposes and other health benefits as well' ...
They could really spin it well by adding "thanks to new technologies and research, modern strains and hybrids of coffee have over 150 antioxidants..."
That way D&C 89 could be framed to have been appropriate for its time, but now we have a good scientific reason to move on.
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Mormon 8 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:32 pm
I think the spin would be more along the lines of 'thanks to new technologies and research, it has been proven that coffee has over 150 antioxidants and when taken in moderation can actually bring health benefits and that green tea has shown to be very useful for medicinal purposes and other health benefits as well' ...
They could really spin it well by adding "thanks to new technologies and research, modern strains and hybrids of coffee have over 150 antioxidants..."
That way D&C 89 could be framed to have been appropriate for its time, but now we have a good scientific reason to move on.
