We carry two articles about the product "Outox" which is being touted and sold on the internet and clubs pushing young people to drink more and more ... with the illusion that we can reverse the effects of alcohol with this drink. The bad publicity and misleading always strikes periodically and intends making even more euphoric people who use it, the worse their physical and psychological conditions and risking their safety and that of others.
reflect people and propaganda by word and example, a sober lifestyle, which gives meaning to life and not throw it away!
Outox: anti-hangover drink? The expert's opinion
Medicine live - Cynthia Iannacci
last few days in France was authorized to sell a drink called anti-hangover, both in bars and in restaurants. It's called Outox, and is made of fructose and ascorbic acid. The producers swear that possesses exceptional ability: be able to decisively reduce the alcohol level in the blood, eliminating not only the risk of license suspension, but also the related disorders such as nausea and headache.
in France is obviously a brawl broke out. A drink like that if it worked would be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the century! But it does not create an incentive to drink more? And the human body, how to react? In short: it does not convinced me and trying to go into that I discovered that this is not a new thing: curiosity and had already sparked controversy in 2005 in Italy, where the company that had been heavily fined for misleading advertising.
To understand this better I turned to the greatest Italian expert on alcoholism: Prof. Emanuele Scafati, Director of the National Alcohol-CNESPS ISS, the International Centre for Research on Alcohol Health Organization and President of Italian Society of Algology.
Professor in recent days, is in Brussels for the European Conference on Alcohol, where he was raised the alarm on young people already complained at Alcohol Prevention Day which was held in Rome last April 29.
An alarm of concern precisely because of the many marketing activities that are proposed to confuse young people about products in one way or another, may endanger the health and safety: they are alcoholic beverages and soft drinks to avoid miraculous the influence of alcohol.
But here's what I told the prof. Scafato :
This anti-hangover drink: it is a miracle?
"There is no scientific evidence about why the caution is imperative especially for young people"
But there are substances that can quickly lower the rate of alcohol in the blood allowing the person who starts driving dell'etilometro pass the test? Some packs of beer were sold with a mini-test for free! An antidote to traffic accidents?
"It would be nice but it is not and there is no scientific evidence or publications in which to find such information. There are many drinks, some herbal, others, such as those marketed in France containing fructose and ascorbic acid.
For these and other products like the EFSA, the European Agency for Food Safety conduct an evaluation of that rite now missing for the drink we're talking about.
And that's why Secretary of State for Trade francese ha chiesto la messa in mora della società che commercializza la bevanda, in modo che si conformi alle normative comunitarie e non commercializzi questo prodotto fino a quando non saranno stati fatti i necessari accertamenti.
Nel frattempo bisogna fare attenzione perché i giovani potrebbero essere indotti a ritenere di poter contrastare lo stato di ebbrezza e confidare erroneamente in una condizione psico-fisica di idoneità alla guida con esiti che potrebbero anche risultare tragici o comunque pregiudiziali per la salute e la sicurezza individuale e collettiva”.
In Francia, come in Italia l’abuso di alcol è al primo posto tra le cause di incidenti stradali mortali.
“E’ peraltro singolare-prosegue l’esperto- that a first version of the drink is already marketed as an effective worldwide, including Italy, by a Belgian company that sold its license to an international company that claims to have changed the composition of the product, one wonders to what end if the same had already been touted as effective. " But how do you
valutatare scientifically the effectiveness of a product such as that marketed?
"Scientifically we can make this claim only when we proceed in an objective way to examine a sample of individuals according to strict pre-experimental mode, for example, administered to 100 individuals well-known quantity of alcohol and this consecutively drink, checking the blood alcohol in a standardized way. "
Why do these drinks are removed and then put on the market?
"It is not dangerous in themselves. This does not mean that they have the ability or the effect is indeed propaganda and we must always maintain a high level of attention to the risk of misleading advertising. In short, a rule of common sense is always to drink in moderation and never when you expose yourself or others at risk, such as driving. "
Searching online I found many people who wanted to know how to obtain a Outox. Scafato helped us to understand that it is not smart to believe everything we propinano. Try
if you like, maybe it is also good and refreshing, but do not abuse alcohol, believing that the product can help you. What certainty do you have? Advertising? Reflect and to celebrate the maturity .... take a swim in the sea at night sober. I remember better in the future.
FOOD SAFETY.
antisbornia Beverages, Altroconsumo launches hazard warning
03/02/2011 - 14:52
are sold via the Internet and in clubs with the promise to pass quickly the hangover. These drinks antisbornia: are spreading among young Italians as an antidote to the excesses of Saturday night, although experts say that are ineffective. A few days ago Nas police have seized twenty thousand boxes, imported from France and Switzerland because they are considered "non-compliant," according to the rules of food supplements.
to raise attention to this dangerous new phenomenon, born in France, Altroconsumo emphasizing that there is no truth to what is written on the packaging of these beverages: the French agency for food, the Health and Safety at Work has already issued its opinion in July 2010 holding that these claims scientifically unfounded and therefore unacceptable. And experts do not leave room for doubt: "there are drinks that can boast an anti hangover, because there are substances capable of accelerating the phenomenon for the disposal of alcohol in the blood. "
But what is the real danger? These drinks, composition harmless, are dangerous because they create a false sense of security and are likely to lead to uncontrolled consumption of alcohol, especially before driving . Typically, these drinks are made from water, fructose, acidulants (eg citric acid), antioxidants (vitamin C) and various extracts of herbs and plants such as lemon balm, licorice, artichoke.
Some of these products also have pages on social network in which extolled the miraculous effects that affect their dangerousness:
• Rebootizer, for example, "stimulates the body, helping to eliminate excess food and alcohol. It is also a cocktail against a hangover, your companion after night raids after the evening party, after an evening where you have taken any of Alcoa ... "
• Equi states on its website to be able to "eliminate alcohol and overeating," specifying that "the main action takes place for ethanol but also for many other toxic and / or food not very digestible."
• Outox even be defined as "an accelerated reduction alcohol, acting in our body helping to eliminate alcohol more rapidly, helping to rapidly reduce the discomforts typical of drunkenness, the feeling of nausea, the spinning head and then, a few hours later, the headaches, tiredness and listlessness.
to know what they say the labels of these products, bought online Altroconsumo 2 drinks: Feel better and Security Outox. The first is defined as a digestive drink alcohol-free plant-based, which "facilitates the digestion of food and drink." The promise of this digester on the packaging is attractive: "in less than an hour you will feel better." Contrary to what is advertised on site, there is no reference to any action antisbornia label, but only apparently. it appears next to the name in English is a claim that refers precisely to this action: "no hangover" ... maybe write in another language you have less feeling of being misleading, since there is no sound scientific studies to support the statement?
The second Outox has many signs in French, but the claim is clear: "the acceleration baisse naturelle et du taux d'alcohol previent lendemains les difficiles", adding however that the effect varies according to individuals, their weight, age, sex, health status, and from day to day. In 2005, the Competition Authority and the Market, take the advice of the Institute of Health and the National Research Institute for Food and Nutrition, the manufacturer had sanctioned its judging deceptive messages about the vaunted ability to dispose of the alcohol. Even the EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority is currently assessing the veracity of these statements.
2011 - Editor: GA
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