Monday, December 15, 2008

Weight Loss, Hazardous Methods You Must Avoid

By Ricardo d Argence

The world today promotes the super thin as ideal and perfect body types. It does not to fit into that ideal body type as the thing is only more than 80% of the world. That leaves many people feeling like failures, and sometimes this leads people to go to drastic measures.

Today some would do just about anything to be thin, resulting in the fact that many if not most are killing themselves in pursuit of that perfect thin body. Too often, these practices may lead to developing what is known as an eating disorder.

In the pursuit of the perfect bodies some people abuse laxatives to rid their bodies of unwanted calories. The problem is that the body has already absorbed the calories and the only resulting weight loss is from loss of fecal matter and fluid, which will return within a day or two. The return of fluids will result in the person feeling the need to use the laxatives again.

Over use of laxatives is a dangerous habit that can leave the user unable to relieve themselves without them. Eventually abuse of laxatives can lead to permanent bowel damage and even death.

Another often used process is throwing up, a person may force themselves to throw up manually by sticking fingers down their throat or chemically. Syrup of Ipecac is a favorite among people with this type of eating disorder, what they don't know is that the normal use of this chemical is poisoning. It causes the user to immediately regurgitate everything in their stomach.

This practice puts a body under enormous stress, and contributes to irritation of the esophagus and erosion of tooth enamel. The chemicals can cause complications as well. Ipecac syrup has been linked to potentially fatal complications such as erratic breathing, an irregular heartbeat, and heart attaches.

People wishing to reduce weight quickly often resort to diet pills and diuretics. Diet pills may be manufactured to promote faster metabolism, quench appetite, or both, while the main purpose of diuretics is to get rid of bodily fluids. Despite the fact that several of these have the approval of the Food And Drug Adminstration (FDA), that does not make them a completely safe weight loss alternative.

Including pulmonary hypertension, dry mouth, and chest pains,prescription diet pills as well as some over the counter medications have been linked to serious health problems.

Always remember that you are able to reduce and keep off the pounds, as well as have a rich and healthy lifestyle, if you adhere to safe weight reduction techniques. - 16463

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