Hi,
As promised, here’s the info on weight loss surgery.
There are different types of weight-loss surgery available to help people lose weight rapidly, especially those who are hundreds of kilos overweight. There was a recent article in the newspaper about a woman who was so overweight and obese that she could only drag herself around on the floor. She could not lift herself up at all.
A common procedure is the gastric by-pass surgery which makes the stomach smaller and allows the food to by-pass part of the small intestine.
One significant outcome is that surgery causes chemical changes in the intestine that affect glucose metabolism. It alters the secretions of hormones in the gut, reduces the hormone that stimulates hunger and increases the hormone that suppresses the appetite.
Dr. Walter Poris, a leading researcher in weight-loss surgery and past president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, noted that people who had the gastric by-pass surgery enjoyed a 83% rate of diabetes remission.
The second type of weight-loss surgery is the lap-band surgery in which the top of the stomach is banded to make it smaller. People who had this kind of surgery also found that their diabetes either improved or resolved.
Another procedure is the gastric sleeve surgery whereby a portion of the stomach is removed so that it becomes like a sleeve or tube.
Weight-loss surgery is not without risks. Any type of surgery comes with its own risks and in weight-loss surgery, the mortality rate is 1 per 200 operations. There can also be complications such as post-surgical infection, blood clots, kidney stones, hernia and gallstones.
On the other hand, there are health benefits such as possible diabetes remission, improved blood pressure, cholesterol levels, reflux disease and sleep apnoea, apart from the change in physical appearance.
You would definitely look better!! After recovering from the surgery of course!
So, the decision is yours…..weight loss surgery or a change in lifestyle and lose weight?? Unless you are very, very obese, I would recommend the change in lifestyle. You can get help to lose weight quickly here.
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