I've know that some people take laxitives like ExLax to lose weight. I understand the concept, however I've read that once you start taking them all the time you become dependant on them and almost need to take them regularly. Why? It's not like you can go through withdrawl from laxatives.
2007-03-22 04:53:04 · 3 answers · asked by star_lite57 6 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
A very close friend of mine got hooked on it. She would suprisingly lose 2-3 pounds a week by doing an "every day" process. However once her wedding came, her body naturally had a hard time adjusting to the change in her bowel movements from every day (even many times) to 2-3 days. She was very uncomfortable and gained weight back. Her doctor basically viewed this way as a temporary way to shed a few pounds... because you're not carrying around those extra 2-3 pounds of waste when you make it exit your body rapidly. It would be just like having painless diarrhea for weeks. And yes, it can be a huge eating disorder, because abusers will typically resume using laxatives because they are no longer seeing results after quitting. This is just not a healthy or reasonable way to lose weight.
2007-03-22 05:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously anybody that uses laxatives in an effort to control the weight has some psychological issues so dependency should not be surprising...
2007-03-22 05:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hah I really don't know. Maybe what they're really addicted to is the weight loss?
2007-03-22 05:01:08 · answer #3 · answered by miss_gem_01 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋