Anyone drinking bootea teatox?

AshleighAnn72 wrote: »

But if it stops you from feeling hungry surely it well aid in weight loss. My biggest problem for losing weight is that I hate being hungry..

Then I would question a few things: 1. How much protein are you eating, 2. how much fiber, 3. how aggressive is your deficit (how many calories are you eating), 4. how much water are you drinking and 5. how active are you?

I will also note, there are a ton of members with IBS and similar autoimmune disorders. So they could easily help you find a sustainable eating pattern within the parameters of your condition.

absinthefaerie wrote: »

I found it quite helpful and my stomach is flatter, on day four now!

Thats because you are emptier.

AshleighAnn72 wrote: »

psulemon wrote: »

Sued0nim wrote: »

that's cos it's a laxative

but it's not going to help with weight loss

Well it will make you poo a lot, so you will have a reduction in waste. But it will not affect fat loss.

When I was drinking this before, i never went to the loo more than usual. (I have ibs, and need help erm going anyway) it's supposed to get rid of all the crap in your system so it allows food to pass through easier.

What crap in your system? Eating fiber helps the food pass through easier (unless you have a medical condition where you have to limit fiber) too.

The reason you are not feeling hungry when you drink it is because it's filling you up. Really, that's all it is. You can drink any liquid to get that effect.

The idea that there is a buildup of *something bad* in your body which is stopping the "good stuff" getting through is very pervasive in the diet and supplement industry, but it is 100% false. Whether you're talking about bowel movements or vaguely-defined "toxins", your body is completely capable of clearing waste products in their entirety, and surprisingly quickly. Any exception to this is a serious illness that is going to lead to hospitalisation - not a vague malaise which can be cured by buying herbal remedies.

Even if you have IBS and bowel problems, there is not a buildup of faeces in your gut which is blocking anything else getting through. Everything is working its way through, whether quickly or slowly, but it's getting through. A buildup or blockage would be a serious medical problem and you would absolutely know about it.

Having said that, getting the guts moving faster is usually good for health, but not by using a laxative (especially not without your doctor's knowledge!) - the usual method is to eat more fruit and veg in order to increase fibre and water in the gut, which keeps things moving more quickly and effectively. Since you have IBS the problem may be more complex and need extra help, but again, laxatives are not the solution. I used to take Fybogel (isphagula husk) and it was pretty effective, but it was on doctor's advice and it isn't a laxative, it's a fibre supplement.

This kind of thing (the teatox stuff) makes me upset because people are being cheated out of money, and possibly out of health, by plausible lies. It is so pervasive that it can be hard to persuade people sometimes that it isn't true, but it isn't. It really, really isn't. It's a scam.