The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:
:: Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
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::: The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:
::::: Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
:::::: The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:
:::::::: Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
::::::::: The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:
::::::::::: Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
:::::::::::: Cubit wrote:
:::::::::::::: Sugar Alcohols sure do act like laxatives. The upside
:::::::::::::: is that some folks abuse laxatives to lose weight.
:::::::::::::: There is a good chance you have come out ahead.
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:::::::::::: How does that work? Using laxatives to lose weight, I
:::::::::::: mean?
:::::::::::
::::::::::: you overeat, then take enough laxatives to [censored] out
::::::::::: everything you ate. not exactly rocket science.
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::::::::: er, are you saying this results in a net calorie deficit?
::::::::
:::::::: did i appear to say that? i'm saying that's how the method is
:::::::: used, nothing more and nothing less. you can figure out the
:::::::: results of it for yourself - if you care to.
::::::
:::::: But that's the question I'm asking based on what Cubit wrote -
:::::: which appears to imply that there is an 'upside' to SAs due to
:::::: their laxative effect. The mere emptying of the bowel and fluid
:::::: loss won't result in any fat loss. Also, as far as I know, you're
:::::: not [censored] out what you ate as the result of taking a laxative
:::::: (I've eaten enough SAs to know this first hand, too). What goes
:::::: into the stomach still has to get processed by the body, though
:::::: it is easy to see how sucking out liquids can interfere with
:::::: nutritent absorption.
:::::
::::: if it wasn't an effective purging technique, bulimics wouldn't be
::::: using it. they are, and they have for years. you may draw your
::::: own conclusions.
:::
::: Perhaps that's just a misconception on their part thinking that
::: they can rid their bodies of food via the use of laxiatives....some
::: reading on the net indicates that laxatives aren't effective for
::: fat loss.
::
:: bulimics aren't necessarily concerned with "effective fat loss."
:: they're concerned with *weight* loss, and i don't think it matters
:: much whether it's fat or healthy muscle. you're trying to apply
:: logic to an eating disorder - they don't really work that way.
I'm not trying to apply any logic to an eating disorder....I referring to
the comment that Cubit made in regards to coming out ahead on weight loss
due to the consumption of SAs. I don't believe that happens in any real
sense. The use of laxatives generally doesn't result in any fat loss. In
the case of bulimics, they don't purge food via laxative use (afaik), though
they may purge liquid and [censored].
::
::: Also, if I'm not mistaken, bulimia is a disorder, so drawing
::: conclusions from the behavor of bulimics about the effective use of
::: laxatives doesn't seem so smart.
::
:: i never said that i personally thought it was effective or smart. i
:: said that people do it. it's a fact. i'm not making any judgements
:: or arguments as to the wisdom or effectiveness of it.
Again, I was, and am, attempting to set the record straight about fat loss
via laxatives, in regards to Cubit's comment. You're talking about what
people with disorders do. They may indeed attempt to purge, but they aren't
losing any fat, and they certainly don't come out ahead. They are not
[censored] out what they ate, so if they overate, it's still going to
negatively affect their weight. Obviously, taking a laxative will induce
[censored], but it wont' do much for the fat that people carry around.
::
::: Besides, I thought they barfed out food...
::
:: there are all kinds of ways to purge, including over-exercising.
:: read up.
Extra exercise in response to eating too much is generally not a bad thing.
I don't consider that a purge, either.
