I encountered some other interesting claims, though.
So, no, I didnt find a glut of videos promoting laxatives as an alternative to Ozempic.
(I cannot verify how many of these people have actual health conditions.)
Weight loss content is never far away from this.
A sales pitch for supplements often follows.
People sometimes talk about their past use of laxatives to give a shot to get skinni.
Then there are also, of course, the laxative pranks.
Both are osmotic laxatives, not stimulant laxatives, and Miralax in particular often takes days to work.
I suspect most of these videos are staged.
I also think anybody who pranks somebody by messing with their bodily functionsand their healthis a horrible person.
How many pounds of poop do we carry in our colons?
(That part seems a lot less plausible.)
She puts the average amount of poop in ones colon at five to 20 pounds.
(Strange, sincecolonoscopy prepcan get the job done in three days.)
This health coachups the ante to six to 40 pounds of poop which she emphasizes is stuckin our bodies.
The telltale symptom, of course, is weight gain.
A specific fiber supplement that youre supposed to use as a cleanse.
Its supposed to remove the buildup and prevent future buildup.
That would be great, if this buildup were real.
Like, a few pounds worth.
Definitely not 10 or 25 or 40 pounds without realizing it.
He does not look like an otherwise healthy person who might scroll TikTok for weight loss tips.
John Wayne never had an autopsy, and this fun fact about himseems to be completely made up.
So how much poop are most of us carrying?
Gastroenterologist Robert Fuscowritesthat this is all pretty obvious if youve ever done a colonoscopy prep.
You expel the expected few pounds of waste and some laxative solution.
