I'm certain some of y'all have actual experience with this...
Full without food: Can surgery cure obesity?
Quote from near the top of the article:
Clearly these drastic procedures will cut your calorie intake, but here's the strange thing: the operation is much more successful than anyone could have expected. Even though they can't eat as much, people who have undergone surgery are not constantly ravenous, in stark contrast to those dieting through will power alone. It seems the gut normally secretes hormones that make us feel hungry or full, and bypass surgery ramps up production of the ones that make us feel full.
In fact, we are now starting to realise that the gut plays a bigger role in appetite and blood-sugar regulation than previously thought. Several groups are trying to develop drugs that enable people to get the effects of surgery without having to undergo any operation. "We should, in the end, be able to mimic bypass," says Steve Bloom, an endocrinologist at Imperial College London working on appetite control. "What we call medical bypass."
Opinions? Bueller? Anyone?
Quote from near the top of the article:
Clearly these drastic procedures will cut your calorie intake, but here's the strange thing: the operation is much more successful than anyone could have expected. Even though they can't eat as much, people who have undergone surgery are not constantly ravenous, in stark contrast to those dieting through will power alone. It seems the gut normally secretes hormones that make us feel hungry or full, and bypass surgery ramps up production of the ones that make us feel full.
In fact, we are now starting to realise that the gut plays a bigger role in appetite and blood-sugar regulation than previously thought. Several groups are trying to develop drugs that enable people to get the effects of surgery without having to undergo any operation. "We should, in the end, be able to mimic bypass," says Steve Bloom, an endocrinologist at Imperial College London working on appetite control. "What we call medical bypass."
Opinions? Bueller? Anyone?