Fears and concerns in our lives more than enough.One of the most common phobias 21 century was the fear of numbers, but not ordinary numbers that surround us on all sides - on the money at the price tag (although at some times, without fear and not look) on the boxes of food - people are afraid of specific numerical values which are located on the scale of weights. If the arrow passes over a certain number, panic covers from head to toe, but my head suddenly appears from the gramophone plate hackneyed, echoing around the clock: "Lose weight, it is necessary to lose weight, it is necessary to lose weight quickly."
Which is not only the victims are women, to lose a couple appeared out of nowhere kilograms: load a physical exercise, debilitating hunger and diet ... Moreover, there are other, far more sophisticated methods of losing weight: drinking his own urine (Urinotherapy), receiving diuretic and laxative drugs. One of the most recent methods of weight loss was with activated charcoal.
What is activated charcoal?
Activated charcoal - a drug that is widely used in medical practice as a universal antidote.Activated carbon is made from natural raw materials by carbonization and oxidation of various reagents at elevated temperatures (up to 1000 º C). This material consists almost entirely of carbon and has a developed porous structure, has an excellent adsorption and catalytic activity.
Activated charcoal - a sorbent, ie a substance which is capable of binding a variety of chemical compounds: alkaloids, glycosides, salicylates, barbiturates, heavy metals, as well as various toxins, gases, etc., and remove them from the body. It is this feature (nonspecific adsorption) and is the main reason for the use of activated carbon for therapeutic purposes. However, this same feature is also the main drawback of this drug, because, together with various poisons and hazardous substances in the activated carbon removes from the body and nutrients - minerals, vitamins .
Activated carbon
Like any other drug activated carbon has a number of indications, contraindications and side effects.
Acceptance of activated carbon needed for people suffering from diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence, diseases that are accompanied by processes of putrefaction and fermentation in the intestine, patients with bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis. Also, the activated carbon used for removal of toxicity poisoning with drugs, alkaloids, household, industrial and food poisons and other hazardous substances.
Appoints the use of activated carbon dosage and duration of admission by a specialist. A side effect of the drug often becomes constipation or diarrhea, stool turns black, long-term use is observed depletion of the body with vitamins , hormones, fats, proteins.
Contraindicated receive activated charcoal to persons affected by ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and stomach bleeding.
