The Dangers Of Using Laxatives To Lose Weight Fast..

A popular weight loss supplement readily available in the market place today, is in the form of Tea.

Stores worldwide are selling slimming tea, dieter’s tea, and other branded names, but all of them are actually the same, and as they may appear to be effective, what is not seen, may actually harm you.

One of the effects of drinking tea designed for weight loss is frequent bowel movements, and this gives people the feeling of so called body cleansing.

These people may get toxins out of their body, but it isn’t exactly the only thing that slimming tea actually does to the body.

Slimming tea contains herbs which are natural laxatives,  including Aloe, Senna, Rhubarb root, Cascara, Buckthorn and Castor oil.

These are products which are derived from plants, and are used since the ancient times, because of their potency in treating constipation, and to inducing bowel movement.

Cascara, Castor Oil and Senna, are substances which are recognized as laxatives, which are readily available over the counter, and are also regulated as drugs.

Scientific studies show that diarrhea induced by laxatives, does not absorb significant amounts of calories taken in the body.

The reason for this is that laxatives do not act on the small intestine, where most of the calories are absorbed, instead they work on the large intestines.

If taken in large amounts for prolonged periods, it can affect fat absorption of the body, which may lead to greasy diarrhea and loss of weight.

Abuse of laxatives is common practice among people who suffer from Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa.

To lose weight fast can be almost guaranteed by overdosing on laxatives, but it may also cause permanent damage to the Gastro-intestinal tract, and the weakening and softening of the bones, a condition known as Osteomalacia.

Drinkers of slimming teas may actually patronize the product, because they are less expensive, and taste better than other laxatives, which are sold in the market.

Other people, such as those with eating disorders like bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa, drink dieter’s tea because they work fast, and produce watery stool and having loose consistency.

Women may even be more susceptible to the effects of slimming teas.

Although they may, but are not definitely known, to interfere directly with the woman’s menstrual cycle and fertility, they should watch out, if drinking them causes them to lose weight fast.

It is also not safe for pregnant women to be taking in laxatives of any kind.

Wise and responsible herbalists, also discourage the use of Senna, and other herbal products with laxative properties, for pregnant women, and women who are trying to conceive.

One should be wary about these findings, because the labeling of slimming teas in the market today, can be absolutely misleading.

For instance, they commonly refer to the laxative qualities, as “natural bowel cleansing properties” and not specifically use the word “laxative”.

Some even use the term “low calorie” on their labeling.

These products in fact, contain essentially no calories or nutrients whatsoever; unless of course, if they are sweetened.

Adverse effects of misusing laxatives, in the form of slimming tea, generally occur when taken in more than, or longer than recommended.

Symptoms include nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, rectal bleeding, electrolyte disorder and dehydration, as well as injury and worse, death.

It has been reported that excess use of stimulant laxatives, caused severe constipation and pain for long periods, (as much as for decades) due to the colon losing its function, which  eventually led to surgery removing the colon altogether.

So the basic advice here is;  if you are going to try to lose weight fast using laxatives,  then don’t, as you may end up  lose more than you bargained for.