What Are the Three Principles by Which Obesity Operations Work?
There are three principles by which these operations work to help you to loose weight: Principle #1 Vertical banded gastroplasty creates a mini-stomach or gastric pouch which will become full after eating only a small amount of food (and causing you to vomit if any more food is eaten). Thus, this procedure limits your solid food intake. Principle #2 Bypass of the stomach and small intestine – we bypass the regulatory muscular valve at the end of the stomach, the pylorus (the pylorus allows for small amounts of food to pass into the small intestine at a controlled rate). If you eat the wrong kinds of food (ie: high calorie, concentrated sweets) you will experience bloating, cramping, vomiting and diarrhea, as food passes into the small intestine at an unregulated speed. This is called the “dumping syndrome.” This syndrome occurs when there is a sudden drop in your blood sugar causing you to become lightheaded and maybe even faint, this is similar to an insulin reaction in a diabetic who
