The Boons and Banes of Bariatric Surgery
“Losing Weight Fast vs. The Inconvenience”
The Trends of Bariatric Surgery
Obesity has inflicted people due to the rise of high calorie products, which comprise the majority of food that we eat almost every day. This results to the increase of people developing various health problems like diabetes, hypertension, slow metabolism, coronary heart disease, and even cancer. There are more illnesses to mention and all rooted from being obese. Since obesity is hard to treat with exercise and dieting alone, obese people has opted to undergo bariatric surgery to remedy this kind of problem. Bariatric surgery is performed to reduce the stomach’s capacity to handle food so that the patient would eat lesser …show more content…
This surgical method is discouraged among people with lower than 35 BMI since it requires invasive internal body modification which may lead to serious health problems. Below are the advantages of bariatric surgery.
Less Craving: By limiting the capacity of your stomach to handle ingested food, your craving to eat more is forcedly limited. You can easily get full and thus making you uncomfortable to fill your stomach further.
Less Calorie Absorption: Since you can only eat small amount of food, the ability of your body to absorb calorie is lessened. Low-calorie eating lifestyle has been attributed to faster weight loss.
Better Health: Some people who experienced undergoing the surgery have experienced quick weight loss that results to health improvement such as better blood pressure, reduced risks of diabetes and other obesity-related illnesses. Research studies have proven the long-term effect of bariatric surgery as faster method to loose weight and maintain overall health.
The Disadvantages of Bariatric Surgery - Inconvenient Method and Side …show more content…
Due to nutrient deficiency, the patient needs a lifetime dietary recommendation of vitamin and mineral supplements.
The patient needs longer hospital stay with 4-6 weeks of recovery period.
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy/Gastric Sleeve
Among the three types of bariatric surgery, this is the only non-reversible method.
Like gastric bypass, the patient has to maintain a lifelong nutritional supplements to compensate for the lack of vitamins and minerals in the body.
Since the stomach is considerably reduced by 85%, this constitutes higher complications right after the operation.
Adjustable Gastric Band/Gastric Banding
Weight loss rate is slower compared to gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. It was reported that there is a high percentage of patients who fail to loss weight at all, and defeats the very purpose of undergoing under the knife.
Some patients suffer internal health complications due to the insertion of foreign device.
There is a possibility of band slippage/erosion and other mechanical
“Losing Weight Fast vs. The Inconvenience”
The Trends of Bariatric Surgery
Obesity has inflicted people due to the rise of high calorie products, which comprise the majority of food that we eat almost every day. This results to the increase of people developing various health problems like diabetes, hypertension, slow metabolism, coronary heart disease, and even cancer. There are more illnesses to mention and all rooted from being obese. Since obesity is hard to treat with exercise and dieting alone, obese people has opted to undergo bariatric surgery to remedy this kind of problem. Bariatric surgery is performed to reduce the stomach’s capacity to handle food so that the patient would eat lesser …show more content…
This surgical method is discouraged among people with lower than 35 BMI since it requires invasive internal body modification which may lead to serious health problems. Below are the advantages of bariatric surgery.
Less Craving: By limiting the capacity of your stomach to handle ingested food, your craving to eat more is forcedly limited. You can easily get full and thus making you uncomfortable to fill your stomach further.
Less Calorie Absorption: Since you can only eat small amount of food, the ability of your body to absorb calorie is lessened. Low-calorie eating lifestyle has been attributed to faster weight loss.
Better Health: Some people who experienced undergoing the surgery have experienced quick weight loss that results to health improvement such as better blood pressure, reduced risks of diabetes and other obesity-related illnesses. Research studies have proven the long-term effect of bariatric surgery as faster method to loose weight and maintain overall health.
The Disadvantages of Bariatric Surgery - Inconvenient Method and Side …show more content…
Due to nutrient deficiency, the patient needs a lifetime dietary recommendation of vitamin and mineral supplements.
The patient needs longer hospital stay with 4-6 weeks of recovery period.
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy/Gastric Sleeve
Among the three types of bariatric surgery, this is the only non-reversible method.
Like gastric bypass, the patient has to maintain a lifelong nutritional supplements to compensate for the lack of vitamins and minerals in the body.
Since the stomach is considerably reduced by 85%, this constitutes higher complications right after the operation.
Adjustable Gastric Band/Gastric Banding
Weight loss rate is slower compared to gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. It was reported that there is a high percentage of patients who fail to loss weight at all, and defeats the very purpose of undergoing under the knife.
Some patients suffer internal health complications due to the insertion of foreign device.
There is a possibility of band slippage/erosion and other mechanical