Likewise with coconut water, a habit I developed in Thailand.
If they're shilled, so be it. It works for me, and if it works for others, that's good, right?
For a while, I was saving the leftover from my morning coffee pot for a friend of mine, who used it to acidify the soil around her blueberry bushes. I don't know if it worked or not.
As you’re pointing out, it’s not always evil to be told about something you like.
Which is why it's so important for it to be as transparent as possible.
Marketers can't brag about being able to brainwash people and then get mad when people take offence to it.
It's one thing to be "told about something you like" and another to be manipulated even if sometimes it ultimately leads to a good outcome. If I trick you into buying something you wouldn't have bought otherwise it doesn't really matter much if it turns out later that you actually like the thing you overpaid for, I'd still be a dick.
It's very good. But it probably also has added sugar.
I've never felt anything despite hoping for some benefits from them, I wonder if I'm not eating enough of it.
Maybe it's placebo, I don't know. But I had occasional stomach issues which seemed to have gone away once I started consuming berries.