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Bariatric Surgery
Introduction to Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric
Surgery is a term derived from the Greek words: ''weight'' and ''treatment.''
Bariatric surgical procedures are major gastrointestinal operations that (a) seal
off most of the stomach to reduce the amount of food one can eat, and (b) rearrange
the small intestine to reduce the calories the bodies can absorb.
Bariatric Surgery is not the
best option for weight loss
In Bariatric surgery which is
a major medical operation the stomach is shrunk down to a smaller size. It is
expensive costing over 20,000 dollars and can be quite dangerous. The long term
effects of this radical procedure are not well known at this time but since you
are changing the natural way you eat and process food it can only be assumed it's
not a good long term solution.
Having Bariatric surgery means
a life long dependence on supplements
The most common known
side-effect is a lifelong dependence on supplements in order to provide basic
nutritional requirements which cannot be ingested in the course of normal food
consumption.
Even if your very overweight there are other
alternatives than this. For more information on Bariatric
Surgery amazon has a wealth of books and reviews on the subject.
