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Functional
W E ' V E B E E N M A K I N G
our drinks work for us for centuries—
coffee to wake us up, citrus to ref resh
on a hot day, and tea or booze for just
about everything else. Even water, at its
core, is "functional." Yet this precedent
has not kept supposedly operative
quaffs f rom taking over the drink f ridge
at your local supermarket like the
second coming. These offerings go by
the moniker "functional beverages," and
they promise everything f rom better
skin and gut health to increased brain
function and social skills, higher energy,
reduced hunger and inflammation, and
even enhanced libido.
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Beverages
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