Posted on 06/16/2009 8:17:46 PM PDT by wintertime
Last year, 200,000 Americans had weight loss surgery and while gastric bypass surgery can significantly reduce weight, the surgery comes with risks.
Now a procedure that was once commonly used to treat ulcers is being tested as a safe alternative to weight loss surgery.
Action News reporter Kimberly Tere has the details.
The vagus nerve controls your feeling of hunger.
Some even say every single thing the vagus nerve does is designed to make you gain weight.
That is why San Francisco Doctor Robert Lustig is testing laparoscopic vagotomy, a surgery in which the vagus nerve is cut.
Cutting the vagus nerve can reduce the amount of fat stored in the body and can increase energy levels.
"Every patient in the study said their hunger was gone, just gone. One comment I got from one patient was this is the first time in her life that she was not a prisoner to food," said Dr. Lustig.
I don’t overeat.
I am normal weight. I manage through brute force of will. Every morning I mentally prepare for the “Battle Over Hunger”. Most days I win. That is why I continue to be normal weight.
I have lived 24/7 with thin people. They don’t do anything special to get that way but some of them sure would want you to believe they do or that you don’t. Don’t believe it.
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BINGO!
Not sure where you heard that, but the first two weeks of Atkins is extremely taxing on the kidneys. The problem comes in when you start adding more carbs - most people fall off the diet at that point, or stop losing. (From my personal experience and trying several times, I could lose exactly 7 pounds on Atkins. Then, no matter how long I stuck with the diet, I couldn't lose any more.) So the urge is to just do the strict meat only portion, and that's where you can really do damage. A friend of mine ended up in the hospital close to kidney failure after a year on strict Atkins. Her docs told her it was the diet. Personally, I don't know how she could stand it for that long.
Add some protein powder to the oatmeal, along with some sliced almonds to the oatmeal.
Add some protein powder to the oatmeal, along with some sliced almonds to the oatmeal.
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People who are normally thin are NOT worried about eating oatmeal or adding almonds to any magic food.
I already put nuts in the oatmeal, and berries or 1/2 banana.....most carbs make me hungry, although I’ll admit oatmeal lasts longer than shredded wheat....but, what REALLY lasts is a chicken sausage, egg, and piece of toast....I can make it till lunch on that. I’ll pass on the protein powder for now....thanks.
That is why food "just sat in her stomach." The gall bladder is extremely important. I would do everything in my power to keep it and not let some surgeon tell me there's "no real need" for the gall bladder. Gall released from the gall bladder is what digests the fat.
And..Remember. Normally thin people are not worried about protein or carb intact. It never crosses their thin minds.
God, no. Reducing the number of calories you consume each day, eating less sugar and fat, not eating before bed, getting at least 30 minutes of exercise each day (even if just walking). Do all that (is it really so hard???) and you will lose weight. Heck even without the exercise you will lose 1-2 lbs per week.
Tracking nutritional intake by hand is a big drag. Get a great program to track your intake. I recommend CalorieKing.
thanks, bfl
My doctor told me to forget the fads, and cut calories. I did, and it works. I don't go hungry, but I eat different types of foods now.
on the flip side, my father n law had that done in his early years for an ulcer problem.
Now he cannot remember to eat.
There are over eaters and under eaters and everything in between in the group.
It will not help you with the hunger pangs but it may help with the dwelling on food.
Low-carb obsessions are crazy. It is normal for humans to consume 40-50% of their daily calories from carbs. Just avoid processed carbs and you'll be fine.
I do "fall off the wagon" on occasion (with some pizza or a sandwich) but I try not to let my daily intake of carbs go above 100 g/day. The ADA recommends over 300 grams/carb per day, which is insane but I'm sure many Americans eat even more carbs than that.
If you are getting most of your carbs from grains rather than fruits and veggies, you're getting way too much carbs.
IMO, the low fat diets are far more dangerous than the low carb diets.
This is how I lost the 80 lbs and keep it off.
It is the HUNGER that is maddening to deal with! It is a daily BRUTAL struggle. Somehow I do win most days which is why I have kept the weight off all these years.
Personally, I am EXHAUSTED by the struggle!
Dr. Gillian McKeith has a wonderful series on BBCAmerica: "You are what you eat". She has a cookbook extolling a healthier way of eating. As a general rule, on an 8 week diet of her foods, you will lose 28 pounds.
At one time, I was very fat.
Now I weigh 228 lbs, 15% bodyfat, 6 ft 2 inches. I deadlift 375 lbs and incline bench about 255. My waist is 35, and my chest is much, much more.
I get up at 4:30 am, and lift weights. Then I do 90 minutes of cardio interval training. I do that 6 times per week.
My main foods are oatmeal, nuts, chicken breast, protein powder, and a few other things.
I have not drunk juice or soda in....5 years. I also do not own a television.
Went on the Atkins diet for six weeks. Went to the cardiologist and blood pressure and blood sugar was normal. Bad cholesterol down, good cholesterol up. It took about a year to gain it back eating anything I wanted to ead. Now, four years or so later I’m 1 month away from celebrating my one year anniversary of my heart attack. May just give Atkins another try.
The truth about it is that most of these surgeries do not keep the weight off. There a many that suffer complications and some do die.
Actually, the above is NOT true.
There are a number of different operations that have been proposed for weight reduction. These include the jejunoileal bypass (now decidedly out of favor), vertically-banded gastroplasty, roux-en-y gastric bypass, and the more recent gastric banding procedure.
There is no cook-book one-size-fits-all procedure. As with any surgery, risks must be weighed against benefits.
Appropriately performed procedures must also be part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary chronic regimen, including periodic nutritional assessment. Long-term followups have shown that indeed a significant amount of excess weight is lost and stays off. The complication rates are relatively low, but are not zero.
If you are considering this surgery, find a surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery; a center that has been certified for bariatric surgery; and ask your surgeon and other physicians about the procedures and followup.
A few links:
http://www.mayo/gastric-bypass/hq01465clinic.com/health
http://www.asbs.org/
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/294/15/1986
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