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last thing he needs is stomach surgery. his stomach will shrink, he just needs to eat rightI don't see him keeping the weight off long term unless he has stomach surgery.
last thing he needs is stomach surgery. his stomach will shrink, he just needs to eat right
I've seen stomach surgery fail.
It does in the beginning, but you have to modify your eating post surgery anyway. It's a bypass, meaning they bypass part of your digestion. I think you have to cut out fatty foods, but not positive. So why do surgery when you have to change your diet anyway.I am no expert on it but I thought it took most of the willpower stuff out of the equation. The ones I have seen that had it done lost a ton of weight and usually settled in for the long haul just a little overweight.
Nah, some actually expand their stomachs back or even rip out the stitches. It depends on the surgery. Some just decrease the size of the stomach and some bypass it altogether.I am no expert on it but I thought it took most of the willpower stuff out of the equation. The ones I have seen that had it done lost a ton of weight and usually settled in for the long haul just a little overweight.
I've heard of a procedure where they don't do surgery but instead put a balloon inside your stomach to make you feel full all the time.
The Obera Balloon System.I've heard of a procedure where they don't do surgery but instead put a balloon inside your stomach to make you feel full all the time.
I don't think "feeling full" is the problem. With many people once they get large enough their insulin starts working against them. It floods the cells which become highly resistant to it, so they still feel terrible with no energy, literally like they are still starving, while that same insulin tells the liver still packs away the pounds. It becomes a vicious circle.I've heard of a procedure where they don't do surgery but instead put a balloon inside your stomach to make you feel full all the time.
Well, fat clogs the cells and prevents efficient insulin usage, thus the flooding you talked about. I believe insulin is also used during the conversion of stored energy into actual energy, but not 100% on that. Insulin does cause inflammation, which leads to several other health issues. I can't believe he's not diabetic already.I don't think "feeling full" is the problem. Once you get large enough your insulin starts working against you. It floods the cells which become resistant to it, so you still feel terrible with no energy and starved as if you hadn't eaten at all, while the liver still packs away the pounds. It becomes a vicious circle.
He has an amazing pancreas, apparently.I can't believe he's not diabetic already.
I mean, type 2 isn't so much about the pancreas as the cells inability to efficiently use the insulin. But, he described a diet that should've given him type two years ago. I wonder how clogged his arteries are? He has to be close to death's door.He has an amazing pancreas, apparently.
I don't see him keeping the weight off long term unless he has stomach surgery.