Talk:Swedish bitters

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I removed the following piece. It may be true but it has a clear and quite controversial point of view. If anyone wants to put any of it back I think they should site sources. --Simon Speed 21:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Most "scientific evidence" is sponsored by Pharmaceutical giants who promptly cancel funding for any study not resulting in evidence that can be used for marketing purposes. Because they cannot patent Swedish Bitters, there was no reason for these companies to pay for a study "proving" what has been known for centuries: that bitter foods are an important part of our diet. That one of humans only four specific taste buds evolved explicitly to sense bitters is scientific enough to indicate that bitters are an important part of our diet. That most of us avoid them and suffer from disease may not be a coincidence.