Taking laxtives everyday could that help u lose weight faster?

Answer 1

Prolonged diarrhea from laxative abuse can lead to dehydration and depletion in important minerals, particularly if it co-exists, as often it does, with other weight control behaviours such as dieting or bulimia. It will tend to weaken the by muscles and undermine your ability to function at work or lead an active social life. Dehydration predisposes to low blood pressure (hypotension) and collapse. Long-term over-use of laxatives can damage muscle within the bowel wall and eventually predispose to chronic constipation. Laxatives only alter weight by causing fluid-depletion within the body. Paradoxically, they don't cause sustained weight loss because calories from food are absorbed in a part of the intestine that is not significantly affected by laxatives.

Answer 2

Taking laxtitives after every meal will help you loose weight even faster, but who wants to do that? If you want to loose weight, you need to do it in a way that will not mess with your body and is actually a good idea.

Did you know that a sign of an eating disorder is taking laxatives? For people who cant throw up, they take them so that they dont need to learn. If you start doing something like this, it can turn into a routine that is extremely damaging and can lead to long term problems.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Krista is full of crap:
"Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. "
BS. Natural juices have sugar also. And there's no proven link between juice and diabetes.
"Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer."
More BS. No proof that drinking water is helpful. All this is good for is making you pee a lot.
"Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart."
WHAT?? This is total crap. There is NO evidence to support this BS. (where does she get this?) Your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients. What an absurd concept.
"You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. "
More crap and BS. The science behind Gatorade has been going on for 30 years and there's NO evidence of any "need" to dilute it. It works just fine as-is. Again, your body does NOT need extra water to "pick out" nutrients.

Don't take diet advice from uneducated 19 year olds. It's full of myth and folklore, sadly lacking in truth and science.


Laxatives will NOT help you lose weight. Not unless you eat less and exercise more.

Answer 5

You will have health problems if you do that. Exercise every day, even if it's just a walk. Go on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Eat fish, eggs, chicken, occasional lean beef or pork, low fat cottage cheese. Stay away from regular cheese, no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, peas, beans (except green beans). No fruit and no fruit juice (it's sugar water, my dr says). Cut down on carrots and tomatoes (included ketchup). Use mustard instead of mayonnaise in recipes. Eat lots of salads, green vegetables. Salads only have one tablespoon of dressing for the whole salad. No ice cream, or other desserts. 8 glasses of water a day. No caffeine

Answer 6

They aren't good for you, most of what your gonna be losing is water weight. Your gonna have to tough it out like the rest of us. Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol and no smoking if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without. Then work from there. Remember these are perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it. If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day. Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit. Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night. You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly. This is an important factor of losing weight. Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night.
As for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help. Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC. There are many, many helpful facts on there.

Answer 7

Take it from someone who has done it before.....it will take the weight off , but you will be miserable. You will be fine if you don't eat anything ,but as soon as you eat anything it comes right back out. That is not a healthy way to go. Just eat healthy and workout. Spare yourself the trouble and embarassment!!!

Answer 8

Technically yes, they would help you lose weight, but it'd be in a very dangerous way. Extreme laxative abuse can put severe strain on the internal organs, it can cause dehydration, and can even cause death.

Answer 9

Stop counting you re not going to be lose weight overnight Just concentrate on diet and exercise

Answer 10

Sure it works,but your body can become dependent on them.It will also cause you to age faster.So do you want to get wrinkles early and use laxatives every time you have to go?Exercise and drink plenty of water.The weight might come off slower,but it will stay off longer.