1. Cotton Slimming Method
Soak cotton balls in soup and then swallow them. Since cotton expands in the stomach when it comes into contact with water and cannot be digested, this increases the feeling of fullness.
Harm: Cotton accumulating in the gastrointestinal tract can cause intestinal obstruction.
The doctor advised that cotton is indigestible and difficult to excrete. Furthermore, the prolonged feeling of fullness can cause anorexia, affecting the absorption of essential nutrients. Over time, this is tantamount to "starvation suicide."
2. Vomiting as a weight loss method
After eating, use your index finger to "poke" your throat to induce vomiting, so that all the food you just ate can be expelled.
Harmful effects: It can easily lead to chronic vomiting and malnutrition, and can also cause long-term acid reflux, severely damaging the esophageal mucosa, and even causing gastrointestinal bleeding due to esophageal mucosal laceration.
Doctors advise that long-term self-induced vomiting can create a conditioned reflex, causing the body to reflexively vomit anything it eats. This can lead to not only a damaged digestive system but also severe nutritional deficiencies and various other illnesses.
3. Gastric shrinkage weight loss method
Reducing the volume of the stomach through surgery. These surgeries include gastric restriction and gastric bypass surgery, which either seals off a portion of the stomach or connects the esophagus directly to the intestines, bypassing the stomach.
Harmful effects: May induce hernia or gallstones, and cause anemia or nutritional deficiencies.
Doctors advise that "stomach reduction" is generally only suitable for those whose excessive obesity is severely impacting their lives and health. Our feelings of hunger and satiety originate in the brain, not the stomach; appetite is controlled by the hypothalamus. People need to change their eating and lifestyle habits and increase exercise to achieve weight loss.
4. Parasite weight loss method
Swallowing worm eggs raw allows them to multiply freely in the abdominal cavity, consuming excess nutrients.
Harmful effects: May lead to malnutrition, anemia due to occult bleeding in the digestive tract, biliary ascariasis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis and peritonitis, with symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and ascites. More seriously, too many adult worms can gather in the intestines and twist into a ball, causing intestinal obstruction.
Doctors advise that the harmful effects of parasite weight loss methods on the body are "irrefutable," and that parasites are not as easy to "fight out" after ingestion as one might imagine. It is truly "all harm and no benefit," and should never be tried!
5. Plastic bag diet
Replace coarse fiber with plastic bag fibers and mix them into your food to scrape off the fat attached to the intestinal wall.
Harmful effects: There is no scientific basis to the claim that plastic bag fibers scrape away fat from the intestinal wall, and they may damage the intestinal mucosa, causing intestinal bleeding in severe cases. Furthermore, the indigestible plastic bags that clump together can easily lead to intestinal obstruction.
Doctors advise that using plastic bags to scrape intestinal fat is a misconception. Intestinal fat is generally attached to the outer wall of the intestine; the inner wall of the human intestine does not have excess fat adhering to it, only mucosal cells. These cells play a crucial role in nutrient absorption and must not be damaged in the slightest.
6. Diarrhea-induced weight loss method
By taking laxatives and drinking dirty water to induce diarrhea in order to lose weight, it is said that one can lose 10 kilograms in a month, which is very popular among those who want to lose weight quickly.
Harmful effects: Taking diet pills/tea can increase the body's excretion, causing metabolic disorders, resulting in the body absorbing more energy and releasing less, which can easily lead to dry skin, dehydration, etc.
