function urban detox has two patents pending and comprehensively addresses hangover physiology, helps protect the liver from the harmful effects of alcohol, minimizes the effect of pollution on your lungs and sinuses, and boosts your immune system.

A hangover, or the short-term side effects of alcohol consumption (i.e. nausea, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, irritability, skin dryness, puffy/red eyes), can be broken down into four components: increased circulating levels of acetaldehyde, dehydration/ electrolyte abnormalities, systemic metabolic derangements, and high levels of a group of toxic substances termed congeners. Longer-term effects of alcohol consumption are accelerated collagen breakdown (advanced aging, exacerbated by cigarette exposure and urban pollutants) and liver toxicity. FUNCTION urban detox addresses both the short term (hangover) and the long term negative effects of alcohol consumption.

That is, when it comes to the effects of alcohol, FUNCTION urban detox alleviates hangovers, minimizes the advanced aging associated with chronic alcohol ingestion, and helps protect the liver from alcohol related damage. When it comes to city living and its associated airborne pollutants and crowded spaces, FUNCTION urban detox minimizes the effect of pollution on your lungs and sinuses and boosts your immune system.

FUNCTION urban detox can be consumed before, during, or after drinking alcohol in order to help prevent hangovers the next day. FUNCTION urban detox is also designed to be consumed the next morning to minimize existing hangovers following a night on the town. FUNCTION urban detox can also be consumed daily to fight the harmful elements of urban living.

FUNCTION urban detox is the revolutionary health beverage that works!

Ingredients

FUNCTION urban detox contains many critical ingredients. These include N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an NAC rapid delivery vehicle (patent pending), prickly pear extract, B complex vitamins (riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate), Vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and a rapid rehydration formula.

N-acetyl cysteine is a powerful anti-oxidant (used everyday in hospitals to help protect the liver) that maximizes the livers ability to clear acetaldehyde from the body. In addition, medical research in 2004 and 2005 suggests that NAC protects the liver from the acute inflammation associated with excessive alcohol intake. Recent medical research also suggests that NAC protects the lungs and sinuses from free radical damage generated by airborne particulate pollution (e.g. diesel exhaust, cigarette smoke).

Prickly pear fruit extract is a powerful natural anti-inflammatory that was recently proven in a Tulane University study to decrease the inflammation caused by congeners during and after drinking alcohol. Calcium carbonate also minimizes the amount of congeners absorbed from the GI tract.

The B complex vitamins (riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate), vitamin C, electrolytes, and the rapid rehydration formula address the dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities as well as the systemic metabolic derangements associated with drinking alcohol. Vitamin C also fortifies the immune system.

In addition to being effective, FUNCTION urban detox is delicious. It is a delicious caffeine free, all natural prickly pear beverage. By utilizing hot-fill technology, FUNCTION urban detox is manufactured without the use of preservatives. FUNCTION urban detox is the perfect beverage for fun-loving health conscious adults who do not want to be slowed down.

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