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Laxatives And Weight Loss - A Potentially Deadly Combination

By Terry Edwards

There is no doubt that dieting and weight loss can be difficult for many people, but some mistakenly believe that laxatives and weight loss is the answer to looking thin again. Here's why this method of weight control can have potentially deadly consequences.

The main thought process behind laxatives and weight loss is that the laxatives will help eliminate the food they have eaten before their body turns it into calories.

The results of this process being done over and over are not only harmful to your health, but they just don't work in losing weight.

Why doesn't this method work?

Without being too technical it's important to understand the digestive process so you can see why laxatives won't work in losing weight.

Your bowel gets food and other matters from your stomach and small intestine. (Remember the small intestine for later) When your bowel gets full, nerve endings are stimulated and a message that it's time to use the bathroom.

Taking a laxative stimulates nerves in the large intestine where your colon is. Your colon is the last barrier in your digestive tract and there is no nutrient material involved here. So, you are not losing food, only waste.

Also, taking laxatives removes lots of water from your system, hence the sudden weight loss.

But, as you rehydrate your body, the weight comes right back on. And if you don't hydrate your body then you will have some other very serious health issues.

Laxatives simply do not stimulate the small intestine which is where your food is digested and therefore can not remove the calories before they are absorbed into your body. And this is what people who abuse laxatives fail to realize.

This has been proven in numerous studies over many years. Further, by abusing laxatives you are doing irreparable harm to your intestines and colon.

Laxatives and weight loss; a lethal combination that doesn't work and should be avoided at all cost.

By the way, you can learn more about How To Lose Weight as well as see the results from the plan I've been on and much more information on weight loss on my blog at http://www.FatLoss4IdiotsReview.net

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