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What would happen if caffeine was made illegal? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Caffeine must be one of, if not the, most used drug. It is vital to the operation of more or less every industry.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In quantities large enough to matter?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, chocolate for example. Especially high cocoa chocolate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Today I learned "high cocoa chocolate" is a natural food.

... wait, is that right? Chocolate is a processed food. Chocolate isn't a natural food. High-cocoa chocolate is a processed food. High-cocoa chocolate isn't a natural food.

Can someone fix my brain plz?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Caffeine occurs naturally in cacao. AFAIK, there is no way to process it out. That's all they meant.

Although you'd kinda have to eat a lot t get a significant dose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ooooh I'm definitely overthinking things

thanks for the clarify