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Re:Saffron as an Antidepressant (2018) by yongjik on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:26PM (#27599655)
IMHO, they may be healthier than eating only white bread, but "recently been found to be superfood" is a euphemism for "this food now has enough consumers in your country to bootstrap a self-sustaining PR cycle."

Did you know kimchi is supposed to boost your immune system and protect you against COVID? Now you know - go buy some! (And please pay no attention to the high rate of colon cancers in Korea, which may or may not be related, who knows.)

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Re:Saffron as an Antidepressant (2018) by bionhoward on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:37AM (#27601117)
I like the super good marketing thing, but...What makes you think kimchi is a more likely cause of that unsourced colon cancer claim than the massive amounts of tasty meat in Korean BBQ?
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Re:Saffron as an Antidepressant (2018) by yongjik on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:34PM (#27606441)
Hmm... from the very scientific method of googling for news articles, you may be right. Should have used stomach cancer instead (another cancer prevalent in Korea) - for stomach, salty/spicy food is considered a potential reason, it seems.
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