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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
No matter what exotic disease one may have, cutting open your insides and stapling or banding your stomach is no more a practical solution to weight control than smashing your jaw with a hammer would be or locking yourself in a room without food would be a solution. As a matter of fact it's a worse solution due to the incredibly high risks one incurs.
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You are very ignorant when it comes to this subject.
My guess is you're either one of those people who has never had a weight problem, or you did have a weight problem and now you have the zeal of a born again christian when it comes to telling everyone else what they should and shouldn't eat.
The point of the surgery isn't just to make your stomach smaller so that you eat less. You "can" still cheat if you have a lapband or a gastric bypass, you could consume thousands of calories per day of liquid and gain weight, it has happened.
The reason the surgery is successful for people who follow the program is that the nerve endings in your stomach that tell your brain that you're full are in the top of your stomach.
When you have the lapband or a gastric bypass those nerve endings get stimulated by just a few ounces of food. (the part of your stomach that is bypassed is the bottom) This way the person still gets the "OMG I'm sooooo stuffed" feeling, while only eating 1000 calories or so per day.
If you were to restrict your calories to that low a level without this "help" you'd have headaches, fatigue, dizzyness, etc etc and you wouldn't be able to lead a productive life. However since your brain thinks that you're stuffed, it doesn't send off those distress signals to your body that it would if it thought you were starving, so you're able to lead a productive life while eating very few calories.