Yes – You have all seen the hundreds of paid Instagram posts about ‘Bootea Teatox’ – but make no mistake – that’s not because it’s a life changing product – it’s because celebrities, bloggers and models are paid in the thousands just to pose with it and write a caption.
Bootea – named to make girls think of their ‘Booty’, (of course – what else should young girls be thinking of!?) – markets itself to young women on Instagram, as a tea that will help them ‘get in shape’, and ‘reach those goals’.
On the main page of the website, the caption is ‘Get The Figure You Want!’ along with photos of gorgeous airbrushed models. This is clearly being marketed as a weight loss and detoxication tea. What’s NOT being made clear is that the main range of these teas contain laxatives which are incredibly dangerous to take for any more than just a few days.
Laxatives are NOT detoxing for your body – they are extremely dehydrating and dangerous for your body – and should NOT be used to market ‘weight loss’ or ’shape up’ or ‘kick start your healthy lifestyle’ in any way shape or form!!
Laxatives are dangerous and highly addictive, especially to young girls trying to lose weight. They give the impression of weight loss and detoxification, but have absolutely NO impact on fat loss or calorie absorption in the body. Laxatives are for treating constipation by irritating the bowels. TEATOX advises that we do 14 days or 28 days in a row of drinking these teas with laxatives in – FAR more days than doctors would EVER advise.
Dr Lauretta Ibohor has began a petition and campaign to STOP Bootea from using laxatives in their teas, and I am backing it 1000%.
Last week, Cosmopolitan backed this BooTea Campaign too, stating “You’ll probably be aware of those detox teas which profess to cleanse your body and shed pounds, if for no other reason than those shitty sponsored posts fledgling celebs do on Instagram to pay the bills. But there’s been mumblings about how unhealthy these teas are for a while, and now one doctor is going out of her way to raise awareness about exactly how unhealthy some of the ingredients can be by starting a petition.”
Dr Lauretta says, “There is not a shred of scientific evidence anywhere that senna is a weight loss/detox substance. It is a laxative designed for treating constipation by irritating the lining of the bowels.”
Bootea was asked to stop referring to its tea as a weight loss solution by the Advertising Standards Agency in 2014, but it still uses phrases like ’get you in shape’ and ’28 days to a slimmer you’ on its website.
If you believe in this petition, like I do – and believe that Bootea should stop GLAMORISING the use of laxatives and heavily marketing it to young girls on Instagram – then go HERE to sign the petition. We have over 1000 signatures so far but with your help we can get more!
Mel
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