By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 07:22 EST, 15 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:21 EST, 15 January 2014 A couple who appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss the fact they drink their own urine have become the subject of a Twitter backlash from horrified viewers. Bex Long and John Dixon say their own home brewed elixir has banished symptoms of depression, made their eyes brighter and their skin clearer. The couple, who have been dating for two years, told an aghast Holly Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary on ITV's This Morning that their urine was so potent it was 'like an energy drink'.
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Bex Long and John Dixon have been together for two years
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Couple appeared on show to discuss the health benefits of drinking urine
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They say urine has has banished symptoms of depression, made their eyes brighter and their skin clearer - and they have no plans to stop
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But viewers took to Twitter to complain the piece was 'too much' for morning TV, after Willoughby asked if they drank the liquid 'warm or chilled'
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Some described the segment - aired at 10.50am - as 'stomach churning'
Mr @placeholder added: 'It smells and tastes like wee - there's not getting around it.