Tea

One popular weight loss supplement available in the market today take the form of tea. Stores all over sell slimming tea, dieter's tea and others but all of them are actually the same. They may appear to be effective, but what isn't seen may actually harm you.

Among the effects of drinking dieter's tea is frequent bowel movement. This gives individuals the feeling of body cleansing. These individuals may get toxins out of their body but it is not exactly the only thing that slenderizing tea actually does to the body. Slimming tea contains herbs which are natural laxatives. These include aloe, senna, rhubarb root, cascara, buckthorn and castor oil. These are products which are derived from plants and are used since the ancient times because of their potency in treating constipation and causing bowel movement.

The reason for this is that laxatives don't act on the small intestines where most of the calories are absorbed. Instead, they work on the large intestines. If taken in large amounts for prolonged periods, it can affect fat absorption of the body. This may lead to greasy diarrhea and loss of weight. Abuse of laxatives is common practice among people who suffer from bulimia and anorexia nervosa. 

While weight loss can be guaranteed by overdosing on laxatives, it may also cause permanent damage to the gastrointestinal tract and the weakening and softening of the bones, a condition known as osteoporosis. Drinkers of slimming teas may actually condense the product because they're less expensive and taste better than other laxatives sold in the market. Others, such as those with eating disorders like binge-eating syndrome and anorexia nervosa drink dieter's tea because they work fast and produce watery stool and having loose consistency.

Women may even be more susceptible to the burdens of slimming teas. Although they may not be known to interfere directly with the woman's menstrual cycle and fertility, they should look out if drinking them causes them to rapidly shed off weight. It's also not safe for pregnant women to be absorbing laxatives of any kind. Wise and responsible herbalists also discourage the use of senna and other herbal products with laxative properties for pregnant women and women who are trying to conceive. 

Adverse effects of misusing laxatives in the form of slimming down tea generally occur when taken in more than or longer than recommended. These include nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, rectal bleeding, electrolyte disorder and dehydration as well as injury and worse, death. It was also described that excess use of stimulant laxatives cause severe constipation and anguish for long periods (as much as for decades) due to the colon losing its function. It finally led to surgery removing the colon altogether.