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obesity
Jul 10 2008, 7:53 PM EDT
I hope that there would be more awareness amongst families and more education for children on the rising risks of obesity. It seems that quick fixes are more widely spread so people are more apt to eat more and exercise less. I had the gastric bypass not for vanity reasons and it wasn't because I had 6 large meals a day, there was a lot of medical factors involved, but people look to theses gastric bypasses and lap bands as quick fix and it is appalling. I had a girl who was only about 50 to 60 pounds over weight ask me about my experience because she was so wanting to have one. This isn't a joke or something that you can correct in another surgery you have a strict diet, I have to give myself b12 shots every month and take massive amounts of vitamins just to feel semi normal, I see the doctor probably more now then I did (no I wouldn't go through it again if I had the choice, but I did want to see my daughter grow up). those who don't stick with the diet gain the weight back and have even more of a problem. and over the counter medications are not helpful no matter what you believe a diet pill did for you, you just dont know what you did to your body on the inside when taking them. So proper nutrition(not diet) and yes unfortunately exercise is the way to go. Get everyone in your family exercising.
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1. RE: obesity
Jul 14 2008, 3:34 PM EDT
Great insights into this epidemic. I hope everyone will take a minute to watch the video from the TED Talks. It is too short for going into details, but gives a glimpse of the scale of the problem and what possible solutions are. I'm trying to remember--does the stomach produce a factor that is necessary for the intestines to uptake B12? Is that why you need the B12 shots monthly? Funny how we are so focused on treating symptoms rather than preventing problems. This 1895 poem certainly has relevance today: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/schleter/res_pm12.htm Do you find this valuable? |
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2. RE: obesity
Jul 15 2008, 1:05 AM EDT
I had the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure involves creating a stomach pouch out of a small portion of the stomach and attaching it directly to the small intestine, bypassing a large part of the stomach and duodenum. Not only is the stomach pouch too small to hold large amounts of food, but by skipping the duodenum, fat absorption is substantially reduced and it creates malabsorption with vitamins and nutrients. After the third month of the surgery all my stores of vitamins and nutrients were gone I lost 90 lbs in those 3 months and my hair was falling out by the clumps. Fun stuff, I guess when you want to live to see your daughter grow up and not have back surgery there is a huge sacrifice you make. Oh and you can become vitamin D deficient as well, just learned the other day I have that also. So its not a fun surgery, huge scar ugly and you have lots of hanging skin my arms I call the bat wings. :) but plastic surgery isn't something I am interested in. I just wanted to be healthy and live
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