The key is the amount of liquids consumed, in addition to all those herbal teas which, while hard to drink, do actually seem to clean the body very well.

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The first cup was a little hard to get down, but as I continued to drink, I warmed up to the flavour.

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And it is still hard for an American who speaks French to pay for a drink in a bar.

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Now, some of those choices may be better than others, although it's hard to argue that the dietary value of milk justifies ingesting an 800-calorie drink as opposed to the 240-calorie cola.

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It's not hard to envision ads showing up letting users know that there's a 2-for-1 drink special right around the corner, or that the restaurant next door has the best burger in town.

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