While everyone is desperately looking for means to reduce body weight it may be an attractive option to go for laxatives that are marketed in the name of sliming drink or dieter’s tea. They also prove to be pretty efficient but very few are actually aware of the fact that these laxatives cause potential dangers to the body.
The weight loss brought about by means of laxatives is based on bowel movement. Hence when these laxatives are taken, they stimulate frequent bowel movement resulting in weight loss in the individual. Many may claim that the laxatives help remove the toxins from the body but still it is a hidden fact that the toxins are not the only ones that are driven out of the body. The laxatives also tend to remove some of the essential nutrients from the body thus weakening the entire system.
Products such as slimming tea contain natural laxatives that include a wide range of ingredients from senna to castor oil. These natural laxatives are obtained from various plant parts and are aimed at inducing frequent bowel movements. Even from the ancient times the use of plants as natural laxatives has been in practice to avoid constipation and other bowel problems. Another important advantage for the use of laxatives as weight reducers is the availability of these natural laxatives. For example, laxatives such as castor oil and cascara are available in abundance in all local drug stores and hence getting access to them will never be a problem.
Generally it is said that the bowel movement caused by the laxatives do not absorb most calories from the body since they act on the large intestine where they is not much calorie absorption. However the excessive or prolonged use of these laxatives may cause problems like reduced fat absorption and excessive weight loss in many cases. In addition to the weight loss, the laxatives are also liable to cause potential damage to bones by causing oesteomalacia which is a condition in which the bones get softened.
Laxatives are proved to causing more troubles to women rather than men. They may indirectly meddle with the menstrual cycle of women and reduce their fertility. Pregnant women are more susceptible to the effects of laxatives and hence they should be forbidden from laxatives of any kind. The way in which the laxatives are labeled is also way too misleading since they generally use the term bowel cleanser rather than laxative and also they are named low calorie cleansers irrespective of their actual absorbing capability. The immediate side effects of excessive use of laxatives may be nausea and headache which when not treated may lead to total dehydration and death.
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