Many laxatives work as the poster below states. Using them however, can be detrimental to your health. Consider a scenario where you ate some bad fish and have diarrhea. Your body is trying to eliminate the pathogenic bacteria and toxins it produces by increasing the water in the gut and flushing it out with peristalsis. If you stop the water or the peristalsis you leave in the toxins, and the bacteria. This can lead to diseases like SIBO, Crohn’s, and gastroparesis.
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