I recently met a young lady that told me a story about her friend. We have all seen numerous billboards and commercials about the great results that someone can reach with bariatric surgeries. Gastric bypass, lap-band, gastric sleeve, they are do about the same thing. Without going into details, the procedures shrink the volume of the stomach, so that the feeling of being full happens sooner. Less food in, less calories in. This leads to a negative caloric balance and weight loss.
Habits need to be changed as well. Hopefully they are getting that help as well. One thing that is not discussed on these billboards, malnutrition.
My new friend's friend who was 28 and supposed to be in the prime of her life, passed. She died. She was very heavy and had a gastric procedure done. It did not sound like she had the same success that others who have given a testimonial did. What she did have was malnutrition. That is why lowering caloric intake to an extreme level is not recommended. Now the official cause of death for this individual was heart failure.
There are some lessons to be learned from a 28 year old young adult whose lifestyle didn't allow her to live a full life or a long one.
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