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Quinine used to come from the bark of a tree - that bark is available as a nutritional supplement. It's also is used to make the bitter taste of Tonic Water.
by benjohnson 7y ago
Quinine used to come from the bark of a tree - that bark is available as a nutritional supplement. It's also is used to make the bitter taste of Tonic Water.
- buboard 7y agoSomeone did the calculations. Ppl need to drink 200 gin tonics per day
- microtherion 7y agoYes, but is there a downside as well?
- buboard 7y agoYeah alcoholism/liver/kidney failure obviously. It was meant as a joke
- hprotagonist 7y agoit mostly still does. You _can_ synthesize it but the yield's godawful.