As someone who learned a helluva lot about our amazing livers and how they function — the hard way, from a very long liver disease then transplant — I gained a lot of respect for how my body functions. Most people don’t have that knowledge, nor do they seem care. Which sounds really weird to me. You are questioning the sanity of these vapid, nutrition-empty drinks. If people would show more respect for their bodies — in the form of doing some research about a healthy diet from a truly reliable source (!) — these places wouldn’t even be thought of. Much less finding one on every other corner not inhabited by a cannabis store. Actually the cannabis store is a lot healthier and at least upfront about what it’s selling.

The liver can take only so much abuse. Did you know that it performs 500-plus functions in collaboration with all other major organs in the body? Yes, even the brain. Do your liver a goddamn favor!