Laxatives

anyone try use this method as a weight loss quick fix?

whats the health downfalls for using this method?

ilisa, just want to know how laxative use can kill you?!

yeah for real. they gave me laxatives when i was in the hospital. good thing i didnt die. next time ill tell them no. haha

I think that probably, like most medications, if you use them for the purposes and in the manner the manufacturer intended...they won't hurt you but will help you - however if you abuse those medications - they have the potential to do great harm up to and including death.  :)  Have a great evening everyone!

i know it probably is stupid but i do drink a fair bit of laxative tea, like a couple of cups a day-strongly brewed too, it's only natural stuff so i guess i allow myself to drink more because of that and i've been drinking it for the last 3/4 years. i just hate the feeling of being full  

There are lots of things that are "natural" that can kill you, so please do not take the word "natural" as meaning anything more than unadulterated. Something that is "natural" is not automatically healthful; pass the hemlock, please.

Now that that's off my chest....!

manewell, "the golden rule is, meal in, meal out." Do you have a citation for this? So far as I know, elimination is different for different people; there is no "golden rule" or "normal schedule" or some such. If you have good info to the contrary, I'd be interested to read it. Thanks!

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Well, I'm an ex-bulimic and laxatives were the first thing I used before I started vomiting.

I started bleeding from the bowel; that's when I decided to make the switch from laxatives to self-induced vomiting. Then I started bleeding from the vomiting, so I checked myself into an eating disorder hospital.

And, uh, Turkey is not that random of a country, hun...

Someone tell me (without googling) the capital of Bulgaria?

And if you know that, what's the capital of Macedonia?

Let's just see how well y'all know the Eastern Block...

athena, I have no citation for you.  It's something I learned years ago when I was doing research on elimination because a friend of a friend was suggesting a colon cleanse.  It's based on other cultures who are much healthier than us and what their  elimination habits are.  And my own personal experience has proven it to be a "golden rule."  the closer I am to meal-in, meal-out, the better I feel and the healthier I am. 

if you are content with your elimination habits, ignore the advice.

Sofia.
And... it was on the tip of my ... ummm... fingertips, but (~~ sigh ~~)... I think I'll have to look up Macedonia. Sorry....

(... and did, and doh, and no, I won't say in case someone else wants to play.)

8th grade geography. It's amazing what sticks in one's head!

manewell, thanks for replying. Wish you had a cite, as your info directly contradicts what I learned. I can't say I've made an exhaustive study of mammalian elimination habits, but from casual observation of many pets over many years (read: years of cleaning the little boxes), I have not seen one-in, one-out as a norm with other mammals, either. And I'll say right here and now, I have NO intention of doing more formal study on the topic! :-D

Someone wanted to know how can laxatives kill you.

Well, they can (and do) cause electrolyte imbalances, which can result in a heart attack, cardiac arrest, and/or a messed up heart beat.

It is pure luck EVERY TIME a person doesn't die from purging (which laxatives are a form of).

You can also overdose.

You could bleed out.

You could tear something internally.

etc, etc.

I have messed up my bowels from laxative abuse.

I know have to take a daily suppliment just to keep functioning, and if i forget one day, all hell breaks loose.

From my experiences you DO lose wieght!!

TWO pounds of water wieght, followed by headaches, stomach pain, terrible smells, gas, uncontrolled bathroom visits, blurred vision, fever, cold sweats, tremours, confusion, dissiness, and don't forget blackouts and unusuall fluctiuations of heart rate and blood pressures.

Advice to anyone: Use laxatives ONLY when medically needed, and i suggest using a fiber suppliment rather then stimulants that will make your bowel dependant on them..

Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine, so each gram of fat, protien, and sugars you think you are riding yourself of have already been absorbed before going into the large intestine (the area that is being flushed by laxatives)

if you are really desperate to loose all that water wieght, go to a sauna, and open your pores. Messing up your body is not worth it and can be very dangerous. ilisa is right, they can and will eventually kill you from miss use.

(it used to be Istanbul, right?)

a lot of bulimics use laxatives,,,it's really bad for you

Public Service Announcment #1

Never, Never Take a Sleeping Pill and a Laxative at the same time...

twiggy_01 Dec 07 2006 08:02 you are like an encyclopedia!!! whats the capital of turkey? LOL :)

i was curios coz i read an article Here is the UK yesterday that the sale of laxatives has gone up by millions of pounds cause dieters are using them to much



During research for a high school Model United Nations club, it was discovered that the capital of Turkey is in fact Ankara. We feel the capital is and should always be Istanbul. Also, we feel that the name of the city should be changed back to Constantinople.

athena-- google gastro-colonic reflex.  something similar to what manewell said should pop up.  there is a better term for adults, but what she said is generally true (time is a barrier but...) when one eats it stimulates the bowels to get rid of what is already there.  it is most strong in infants-- rememeber how as soon as the baby fell asleep after nursing it was p**ping and had to be changed?  same thing.

(sorry to respond to such an old thought but when a thread pops i have to go read the whole thing LOL).