Isn't that unhealthy and I heard the more you use it the more you get addicted and you could die from it. I don't know but I know it's unhealthy. Am I right??
2007-06-19 13:34:01 · 52 answers · asked by Green mouse 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
To sort of tie everyone's answers together: Teens (especially females) are under a lot of pressure to be thin, lose weight, etc. It's true even for adult women. Usually, they may begin dieting and this leads to one or more of the following: less amounts of food, less foods with fiber and vitamins, purging. All this will affect their bowel movements and some will resort to laxatives to get rid of the waste that their body can no longer naturally remove. Also, yes, by using laxatives, you can temporarily lose "water waste" and as time goes on, it can easily become an addiction. It is stupid and unhealthy, but it happens.
2007-06-22 08:43:01 · answer #1 · answered by darkxdiamonds 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your first question along with your others. So many teens plus adults use laxatives because the media has so much to say that people should be thin in order to fit in. The A list stars are also thin and well almost everyone wants to look like the A list stars. It's very unhealthy, and I do hope that you won't be taking laxatives. Laxatives also gives you gas so you will only be bloated after using the bathroom. Any type of pills to help you lose wait are addicting. Hope that I've helped.
2007-06-19 13:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by Ang 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its very unhealthy... teens actually do use laxatives not all teens though when i was 14 i took some just cause i was constipated lol but than it got in my head that i could eat whatever i wanted to and if i took them everything would come out and i would be skinny i got highly addicted to them and i started eating only 1 time a day before i new it i was a size 4 i used to be a size 9 it happened within about 4weeks all my friends wanted to know what i was doing to lose weight and i gave up my secret there was about 8girls i influenced to do that only they didnt let it get out of control... before i knew it i was so hungry and dehydrated i couldnt even eat when i was really hungry cause food wouldnt stay i would throw it up or it would come out the other way i dint seek medical attention i finally made up my mind not to ever do that again it was the most awfullest feeling being hungry and not able to eat running to the bathroom about 5times within 10minutes i ate little teaspoons of food a day thats how bad i had to try and than i got into a cup and than bowels and than plates and than home town buffet again woho i did it.... im now in my 20's when i think back about it i was so stupid for doing that, it became an addiction that i couldnt control..
as far as teens using laxatives i seen a girl do that and i wanted to try it and i got my friends into it i know of other teen girls that did it too.. just because we wanted to be skinny and look good i havent heard of anyone doing that since i stopped which was more than 6or 7years ago...... from my experience i just thought id share that.....
2007-06-23 00:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laxatives clean out the bowel and make you lose weight, but they do it by relaxing the muscles and liquifying the contents. You get addicted by not being able to have a bowel movement without them because the muscles don't move and undulate anymore.
Teens do it because it's an easy way to lose weight and they need to know that it takes hard work to lose weight and there isn't a magic cure.
2007-06-19 13:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. When you take laxatives it makes you go to the bathroom almost immediately. So instead of declining food and forcing oneself to retch, they turn to laxatives because they get the satisfaction of eating and curing their hunger. They don't have to worry about retching and the uncomfortableness that comes with it. However, laxatives are still dangerous because if you take too many you could damage the walls inside of your stomach and intestines.
2016-04-01 06:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find the right diet for your individual body because there are many ways are there to lose weight just find what works for you
2015-12-24 06:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says they do? I really doubt that is the case.
Maybe anorexics or bulimics, but half of them just make that stuff up.
It is because you can end up relying on the laxitive to produce a bowel movement as well as other reasons which I forget just now.. oh it can also make you dehydrated and you lose the nutrition from the food.
2007-06-19 13:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by bruce 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
turn dinner into a healthy lunch the next day by wrapping your lean leftovers in a whole wheat wrap add a little dijon mustard or curry powder for added flavor
2016-07-09 00:32:18 · answer #8 · answered by Nancy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat four meals with chopsticks instead of a fork slowing down can help you consume about 25 fewer calories per meal
2016-03-15 03:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snap a photo of yourself once a week to know progress that will also increase your confidence level
2016-01-28 13:09:42 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋