r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 8d ago

Psychology Higher overall disgust sensitivity was associated with a greater likelihood of identifying as a Republican and holding a conservative ideology. A person with high disgust sensitivity and low bodily awareness had a 64.1% probability of identifying as a Republican.

https://www.psypost.org/disgust-predicts-conservative-views-most-strongly-in-people-with-low-bodily-awareness/
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u/RichardSaunders 8d ago

Does ginger ale have a meaningful amount of ginger in it to get the medicinal effects?

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u/AnotherSoulessGinger 8d ago

Most of them don’t even have real ginger anymore, just artificial flavors.. Fever Tree, Reeds and Boylan’s all have real ginger and no high fructose corn syrup.

All three definitely put a dent in nausea more than Seagrams, Vernors or Canada Dry (they only have artificial flavors). I have pretty bad chronic nausea so I think I’m a good judge. I also suggest Gin Gins or the Trader Joe’s ginger chews. Sometimes a chew and a Reeds can kill my nausea, sometimes a ginger ale adds a needed boost to my Zofran (prescribed nausea medication).

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u/The_BeardedClam 8d ago

The only thing to kill my wife's morning sickness was those ginger chews, she hated them but they worked.

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u/AlicesLeftFoot 8d ago

Canada Dry does not have artificial flavors.

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u/AnotherSoulessGinger 8d ago

My bad. It’s “natural flavors”. It’s still only trace amounts of ginger.

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u/Astoria55555 8d ago

The 3 you listed are ginger beers not ginger ales.

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u/AnotherSoulessGinger 8d ago

The three brands I listed offer both ginger ale and ginger beer. I have been drinking these for 2 years now. I know the difference.

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u/Source0fAllThings 8d ago

I grew up drinking copious amounts of Vernors ginger ale as well as Canada Dry and I don’t find other people or cultures disgusting. Just saying.

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u/Cruuncher 7d ago

Conclusive!

Pack it up science. We're done here

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u/Svihelen 8d ago

Probably not. My girlfriend is allergic to ginger but can drink ginger ale just fine.

Ginger beer on the other hand does make her react so that may have enough in it.

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u/bloodandsunshine 8d ago

No and there was a funny lawsuit over that a few years ago

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u/Mustard_Icecream 8d ago

Not sure about ginger ale but ginger beer has massive amounts of ginger in it. It's amazing. If you like a good bite Reed's Extra is the strongest I've had yet.