Could cryogenic sleep one day bypass lengthy weight loss goals?
Freezing a person lowers their metabolism… so they wouldn’t burn many calories at all. You can halt blood flow to regions of the brain in hibernating animals for a while without any brain damage because they don’t need many nutrients when their body temperature drops. Thus there wouldn’t be significant weight loss in a frozen person… if you just put them in a coma… then they would lose weight, but their muscles would atrophy too. I don’t think it is a good idea. I think surgery will remain the best option for the morbidly obese that are not able to physically handle an exercise regimen.
