In Argentina many doctors have their patients drink mate cocido before a certain body scan because of the level of tanins in the mate leaf (you know, why if you spill the mate on anything it will stain green): http://www.clubdelmate.com/informacion-general/medicos-argentinos-utilizan-yerba-mate-como-contraste-en-estudios-de-resonancia-magnetica-noticias-informacion-general.htm I have a feeling that my entire digestive tract is 'mate green.'
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It's kind of an Oscar-the-Grouch meets the Lawn Monster.
That's a good way of describing the color. I was thinking that it was a little more Swamp Thing, but that dates me a bit too much.
In Argentina many doctors have their patients drink mate cocido before a certain body scan because of the level of tanins in the mate leaf (you know, why if you spill the mate on anything it will stain green): http://www.clubdelmate.com/informacion-general/medicos-argentinos-utilizan-yerba-mate-como-contraste-en-estudios-de-resonancia-magnetica-noticias-informacion-general.htm
I have a feeling that my entire digestive tract is 'mate green.'
Mmmmmm, tanins. My digestive tract is probably 'light mate green.'
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