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I personally have never purged before, mostly due to my knowledge of what purging does to your body and the lack of aid it provides in losing weight.

Complications of purging:

I’m a biochem major, and the complications of purging scare me so much that I don’t think I could ever do it.

When you purge, you regurgitate stomach acid. Stomach acid is EXTREMELY acidic; it can dissolve metal. Stomach acid has a pH=1, almost the same as battery acid. Reference this pH scale:

Stomach acid is supposed to remain in your stomach: you have specialized cells in your stomach that help protect your stomach lining from being damaged. These cells are not present in your esophagus and mouth. What I’m saying is that by purging, you are bringing your unprotected esophagus/mouth/teeth into contact with an acid that can dissolve metal.

Oral complications of self-induced vomiting:

• cheilosis (painful lesions at the corner of the mouth)

• pharyngeal soreness (soreness at the back of the throat from the acidic stomach contents)

• dental erosions, dental cavities, and periodontal disease (“inflammation and infection that destroys the tissues that support the teeth, including the gums, the periodontal ligaments, and the tooth sockets”)

• enamel destruction/erosion, often resulting in thermal tooth sensitivity

• gingivitis (gum disease, a form of periodontal disease)

• sialadenosis (enlargement of the salivary glands (parotid swelling)

Esophageal and GI complications of self-induced vomiting:

• Esophagitis, esophageal erosis, ulcers, and bleeding (thought to result from the contact between acidic contents of the vomit with the esophageal mucosa)

• Heartburn and acid-reflux symptoms (often a sign of the above)

• Mallory-Weiss tears (minor self-limited bleeding, goes away on it is own if you abstain from bingeing/purging)

• Spontaneous reflux of acidic contents into the lower esophagus can also occur (because the lower esophageal sphincter gets lax)

• Esophageal strictures (narrowing or tightening of the esophagus)

• Esophageal rupture (though rare, it is fatal in approximately 20%; classic symptoms include: severe chest pain, painful swallowing, rapid breathing, rapid heart beat)

(I just copied and pasted these from this article: https://www.scienceofeds.org/2013/02/07/medical-complications-of-purging-in-bulimia-nervosa/)

Weight Loss (or lack there of):

Research shows that purging does not help you lose weight and in fact, can make you gain weight. Purging does not completely halt food absorption, and therefore, is not helpful in aiding weight loss.

Conclusion:

I am not a doctor, but from what you have told me, it sounds like you may be experiencing pharyngeal soreness. If you continue purging, this will only get worse.

If you’re wondering if I’m trying to scare you, honestly my answer is yes. I once wondered about purging but when I did research about it, I became scared out of my mind.

It’s September 2 y’all. And a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks is 380 calories.

So I decided to make my own. And it’s 10x less the amount of the Starbucks version: 38 calories. And you know what, it tastes really fuckin good!! So without further ado:

Ingredients:

-1 cup unsweetened almond milk (30)

-¼ cup coffee (2)

-1 Tbsp pumpkin puree (6)

-½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

-½ tsp cinnamon

-½ tsp vanilla

-sweetener

Directions:

Mix milk and pumpkin puree in a small pot on low heat until combined. Mix in rest of ingredients and cook for 5 more minutes. Using a fine strainer, pour mixture into a mug. And you’re all done!!

Notes:

-I used 3 Splenda packets to sweeten mine. You can use more/less- whatever you like

-If you don’t strain the mixture, your going to be sucking up the spices and it will make the drink significantly less enjoyable so yeah lol

-ICED VERSION: just throw all the ingredients in a blender and pour over ice! Don’t forget to strain that shit!

MATCHA.

This shit is so good you guys andddd it’s 0 CALORIES. I’m actually surprised matcha hasn’t taken off as much as coffee.

Benefits:

-promotes weight loss

-has hella antioxidants

-caffeinated! If you can’t stomach coffee, matcha is for you

-boosts metabolism

-rich in fiber (helps keep you full)

- 1 CUP OF MATCHA = 10 CUPS OF GREEN TEA (nutrition wise)

How I make my 0 CAL matcha:

Ingredients:

-matcha powder (unsweetened)

-water

-stevia (opt)

-vanilla (opt but highly recommend)

Mix ½-2tsp of matcha with 1 cup of water with a fork or whisk. I’m a lil bitch so I add 2 stevia packets and mix again. Microwave that shit for 1 minute. If you want, add ½-1tsp of vanilla. Mix one mo time and THATS IT!!

-if you want it iced, you can just leave the drink in the fridge for like 15 min and then add ice!

This is the spooky post that helps you lose weight.

✨Reblog to lose as many pounds as you can this September to wear your dream Halloween costume✨

another fact is that 500 calories isn’t even enough for a new born.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/bush-torture-memos-commer_n_188190.html

In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s office argued that restricting the caloric intake of terrorist suspects to 1000 calories a day was medically safe because people in the United States were dieting along those lines voluntarily.

“While detainees subject to dietary manipulation are obviously situated differently from individuals who voluntarily engage in commercial weight-loss programs, we note that widely available commercial weight-loss programs in the United States employ diets of 1000 kcal/day for sustain periods of weeks or longer without requiring medical supervision,” read the footnote. “While we do not equate commercial weight loss programs and this interrogation technique, the fact that these calorie levels are used in the weight-loss programs, in our view, is instructive in evaluating the medical safety of the interrogation technique.”

Another another friendly reminder that the Minnesota Starvation Experiment subjected adult men who were VOLUNTEERS to 1,560 calorie diets and the psychological effects were so profound that one volunteer cut three of his own fingers off and could not remember why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment

These men were volunteers who knew exactly what they would be going through and when it would end, and who believed they were doing it for a good and moral reason (the research was used to help rehabilitate victims of starvation and famine at the end of WWII).

And these are the things we are expected to engage in FOREVER to stay at a “healthy” weight.

Reading about the Minnesota Starvation experiment was my wake-up call.  It was what kicked me out of my eating disorder.  The guy missing three fingers, whatever his name was, he was the last straw for me.