Experts warn of explosive bowel movements from viral TikTok saltwater flush trend TikTok: chaconsjourney \/ mandyvjonesHealth experts are warning against a viral TikTok trend where users are \u201cflushing\u201d their innards with saltwater, saying the fad could result in explosive bowel movements. TikTok is home to a slew of viral trends and fads that have taken over the platform many times in the past. Chief among these trends are health-related crazes \u2014 but not all of them are being well-received by experts, as seen in the app\u2019s recent obsession with \u201cbutter boards.\u201d However, the latest craze to be scrutinized by health and diet professionals is the saltwater flush trend\u2026 and it could have some dire consequences. The saltwater flush trend is, essentially, what it sounds like; it encourages users to drink salt water as a way to \u201cflush\u201d out the \u2018sludge\u2019 in their intestines. In fact, some TikTokers claim the practice has helped them lose significant weight, with one user saying she lost 8 pounds in three hours from the cleanse. TikTok\u2019s viral saltwater flush trend gets backlash from experts But health experts say this isn\u2019t actually good for you. According to a report from the New York Post, professionals are arguing that saltwater flushes can result in less-than-desirable consequences\u2026 like explosive diarrhea. Registered dietitian Abby Sharpe says these cleanses are \u201cvery dangerous for the masses\u201d and even called them \u201cnapalm for your bowels.\u201d Sharpe says the concentrated salt from these cleanses draw \u201call the water into your bowels and blasts everything in its path out the other end\u201d \u2014 essentially giving you a really, really bad time on the toilet. That\u2019s not all; she also claims that such cleanses can cause dehydration and a loss of electrolytes, something that tends to happen after a particularly stressful session in the bathroom, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Instead, professionals say that the body can flush waste out all on its own without the need for inducing a stomachache. This is just the latest health-related fad to get pushback from experts after users started putting calamine lotion on their faces back in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Experts warn of explosive bowel movements from viral TikTok saltwater flush trend TikTok: chaconsjourney \/ mandyvjonesHealth experts are warning against a viral TikTok trend where users are \u201cflushing\u201d their innards with saltwater, saying the fad could result in explosive bowel movements. TikTok is home to a slew of viral trends and fads that have taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}