Over 40% of all Americans now classify as obese, perU.S.
News & World Report.
Being overweight can cause body insecurity, confidence issues, social anxiety, and even depression, perMental Help.
The oil can be used and ingested for different purposes, including stomach upsets and insomnia.
It’s perhaps most often used as a laxative.
Castor oil is considered a weight loss product because of those laxative qualities, perHealthline.
It is solely on this premise that castor oil’s powers of aiding weight loss rests.
And its potency as a weight loss substance is not so universal either.
Any reduction using laxatives would result from eliminating waste and removing water from the body, not fat.
