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Regarding caffeine
LETTERS
REGARDING CAFFEINE Dear Editor I read with fascination and great interest the ethnomedicine article about caffeine1 in your January 2006 issue. The information presented was extremely accurate with one important exception. The soft drink beverages “Seven Up” (Cadbury Schweppes, Plano, TX) and “Sprite” (Coca-Cola Company Inc, Atlanta, GA) do not contain any caffeine,2 yet they are mentioned along with Coca-Cola (CocaCola Company Inc) as containing 30 mg per eight ounces.
William Mora, MD
REFERENCES 1. Lee RA, Balick MJ. RX: Caffeine. Explore: J Sci Healing. 2006;2:55-59.
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2. MayoClinic.com. Food and nutrition page regarding caffeine content of common beverages. Available at: www.mayoclinic.com/ health/caffeine/ANO1211. Accessed February 2006.
REFERENCES 1. Caffeine content of foods. Available at: http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm. Accessed February 20, 2006.
IN RESPONSE Dear Dr. Mora: Thank you for bringing to our attention that Sprite and 7 Up indeed do not have caffeine content in the drinks, and we apologize for the publication error. On the other hand, it is interesting to see the abundance of caffeinated waters and other soft drinks such as Mountain Dew (PepsiCola Co, Purchase, NY) and Dr. Pepper and Sunkist (Cadbury Schweppes, Plano, TX) orange soda that do have caffeine.1
Roberta Lee, MD Michael J. Balick, PhD
EXPLORE welcomes Letters to the Editor that address topics or content previously published in the journal. Send to: explorejournal@ cox.net. Submitting the Letter constitutes permission for publication in any current or subsequent issue or edition of EXPLORE, in any form or media, now known or hereafter developed.
Letters
REGARDING CAFFEINE Dear Editor I read with fascination and great interest the ethnomedicine article about caffeine1 in your January 2006 issue. The information presented was extremely accurate with one important exception. The soft drink beverages “Seven Up” (Cadbury Schweppes, Plano, TX) and “Sprite” (Coca-Cola Company Inc, Atlanta, GA) do not contain any caffeine,2 yet they are mentioned along with Coca-Cola (CocaCola Company Inc) as containing 30 mg per eight ounces.
William Mora, MD
REFERENCES 1. Lee RA, Balick MJ. RX: Caffeine. Explore: J Sci Healing. 2006;2:55-59.
194 EXPLORE May 2006, Vol. 2, No. 3
2. MayoClinic.com. Food and nutrition page regarding caffeine content of common beverages. Available at: www.mayoclinic.com/ health/caffeine/ANO1211. Accessed February 2006.
REFERENCES 1. Caffeine content of foods. Available at: http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm. Accessed February 20, 2006.
IN RESPONSE Dear Dr. Mora: Thank you for bringing to our attention that Sprite and 7 Up indeed do not have caffeine content in the drinks, and we apologize for the publication error. On the other hand, it is interesting to see the abundance of caffeinated waters and other soft drinks such as Mountain Dew (PepsiCola Co, Purchase, NY) and Dr. Pepper and Sunkist (Cadbury Schweppes, Plano, TX) orange soda that do have caffeine.1
Roberta Lee, MD Michael J. Balick, PhD
EXPLORE welcomes Letters to the Editor that address topics or content previously published in the journal. Send to: explorejournal@ cox.net. Submitting the Letter constitutes permission for publication in any current or subsequent issue or edition of EXPLORE, in any form or media, now known or hereafter developed.
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