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My first thought upon seeing the headline was well duh, there are 500+ species in that genus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe#Species https://en.wikipedia.or
by glup 10y ago
My first thought upon seeing the headline was well duh, there are 500+ species in that genus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe#Species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe#Species) But then in the article, "Aloe's three chemical markers—acemannan, malic acid, and glucose—were absent in the tests[...]."
Yikes.
- VLM 10y agoThere was some humorous homeopathic reasoning in the article where a weasel claimed that the extensive processing cosmetic products require might remove the components that make aloe, aloe, but its still an aloe product, which is kind of like claiming I'm still drinking orange juice if I extensively process it to remove everything but the H2O molecules. Sure chemically speaking its distilled pure water now, but once upon a time it was orange juice.
- oasisbob 10y agoYou joke, but the fruit juice industry LOVES filtered white grape juice because it's clear, colorless, and essentially just sugar water.
- eric_h 10y agoReminds me of the "what's the color of your bits" article that came up again when the Illegal Primes wikipedia article made the front page. "What's the color of your molecules?".
- dbdr 10y agohttp://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23