Why is it okay for gastric bypass patients to eat less because they made their stomach smaller?
March 8th, 2009 | by admin |
lala asked:
What if i don’t get a gastric bypass surgery but still eat what the patients eat on the daily..?? like tiny amounts of food? I’ll still lose the weight? I’m just wondering how their bodies are nourished if they are consuming such little calories??? Isn’t this what anorexics do? but is wrong for them?? the only difference is they didn’t get their stomachs made smaller…
Ariel
What if i don’t get a gastric bypass surgery but still eat what the patients eat on the daily..?? like tiny amounts of food? I’ll still lose the weight? I’m just wondering how their bodies are nourished if they are consuming such little calories??? Isn’t this what anorexics do? but is wrong for them?? the only difference is they didn’t get their stomachs made smaller…
Ariel
3 Responses to “Why is it okay for gastric bypass patients to eat less because they made their stomach smaller?”
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By mustangsally76 on Mar 13, 2009 | Reply
Because they ARE malnourished. All Gastric Bypass Patients are malnourished. That’s why they have to religiously take Multivitamins and Calcium supplements for the rest of thier lives. Also they do not absorb calories the same way. If you eat 800 calories, you absorb 800 calories. If a Bypass patient eats 800 calories, they absorb much less. The entire stomach and intestine is reworked. The pouch does not contain stomach acid. The original stomach is still there, pumping acid into the small intestine. The pouch empties straight into the small intestine where food is digested. YOUR stomach digests your food in your stomach. So it doesn’t matter if you eat like a Gastric Bypass patient, you will not lose weight like one. You will also find yourself severely ill. Anorexics just don’t eat, they don’t take any supplements at all. The starve themselves.
I am a Gastric Bypass patient. I am 31 and one year out of surgery. I’ve lost 139 pounds..less than 40 to go till I reach my goal.
By jjudijo on Mar 16, 2009 | Reply
I had gastric bypass a little over 6 months ago and I have lost 83 lbs.
Since about month 3 or 4, I have eaten the same as in a general weight loss diet (1200-1400 calories/day).
The reason I am not malnourished is 1) I am following this diet under a physician’s care, 2) I take vitamins, calcium, and iron daily for supplementation, and 3) I choose nutrient rich foods high in protein first, then cruciferous vegetables, then fruit.
If I could tolerate the hunger associated with eating so few calories, I could clearly lose the weight through “normal” dieting. When dieting pre-op, the constant hunger made it almost impossible to keep with a conventional diet, especially when my weight loss would stall or plateau. Now when I plateau, I have no choice…I have to stay on my “diet” because I cannot fill the pouch (what is left of my stomach) any further.