La Croix’s website says they use grapefruit oil. Poking around, it appears to interfere a lot less than juice components, and with how small of a quantities is in seltzer’s I would be very surprised if there was any appreciable interaction.
Today I learned that Dan Aykroyd has both Aspergers and Tourettes. He is also a Spirtualist and UFOlogist and his great grandfather was pen pals with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. So…the more you know.
Oh to clarify, I definitely do, I’m on my third personal rewatch of X-Files lol. But I think the answer lies in your question—universe is big enough to have aliens and people who don’t believe in them!
In the old Dune movie, the sand worms were miniatures. But then regular sand looked huge, so they had to use special fine ground glass that necessitated the use of hazmat suits.
Yasssssss and I am honestly totally mystified you don’t already have this in your physiology memory bank!!! It’s one of the big reasons I quit caffeine every winter
Husband didn’t either and he has a Biochem degree! It’s even in the naming convention and I’m kicking myself for not logging that away I HAD to have learned that some time.
Very short version, yes, you need serotonin in the right place to make melatonin. Long answer is super complicated- https://www.healthline.com/health/dopamine-vs-serotonin is a good overview of all the stuff serotonin and dopamine are up to in the body.
It took me a minute to realize this was talking about melatonin and not melanin. Could not figure out what serotonin would have to do with being about to tan.