i bet Mountain Dew has quite a lot of salt in it
apparently the uk and the us mountain dews are nothing alike. i find it hard to believe but maybe they're actually different. all i know is that every single time i've had the uk variety it's given me a headache within 20 minutes and somehow made me a lot more thirsty rather than less. at the time i looked it up and a guy on the internet reckons it's to do with bromine
@jk ...i...isn't bromine like... really toxic??
@Nine @jk In large amounts in some forms it is? But like, it's a thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil
there's also apparently brominated flour used in fast food restaurants, which we've theorized is why one of my partners has a very bad time digesting fast food