Friday, December 5, 2008

The Wrong Way to Start Losing Weight

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.

With the way our world is these days, people are saying that being thin is in and that if you are over weight then you are no good. Heavy people really will resort to anything they can do be thin. And this can be a problem. They have so many eating disorders this day and age. People need to realize that it is all about exercising and being active.

To rid their bodies of unwantedcalories in the pursuit of the perfect bodies some people abuse laxatives. The trouble is that the body will have absorbed the calories already, so the weight reduction you get is just from emptying your bowels and fluid loss, which will come back within days. When the fluids come back, the individual will experience the need to continue using laxatives.

Repeatedly using laxatives is a bad habit that may leave the user with the inability to relieve themselves without laxatives. Laxative abuse cause permanent damage to the bowel, and even lead to death.

By sticking fingers sown their throat or chemically another often used process is throwing up, a person may force themselves to throw up manually. While Syrup of Ipecac is liked by people with this form of eating disorder, what they do not realize is that usual use of this medication is toxic. To immediately regurgitate everything in their stomach it causes the user.

The impact on the body as a result of this process includes erosion of tooth enamel, complications form the chemicals and irritation to the esophagus. The effects of ingesting ipecac syrup may include irregular respiration and heartbeat or even heart attack, any of which can be lethal.

Diet pills and diuretics are another common practice for someone who wants to lose weight fast. Diet pills can be formulated to increase metabolism, satisfy food cravings or both, while diuretics primary function is to eliminate fluids from the system. Many of these even have the backing of the FDA, however, that does not make them a safe weight loss alternative.

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

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. - 15343

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