Obesity is no fun for anyone unless you travel to Africa. Obesity in Africa suggests that you are wealthy. People there idolize you if you’re over weight.
Multiple attempts to lose weight for so many end up in disaster. The programs and pills marketed to lose weight are everywhere, and generate billions of dollars to those in the business. Most programs end in failure because they ignore the cause. Excessive weight gain can be from genetic, diet, emotions, and addictions.
If you try to fix what’s not broken, all you get is more frustration with another failed attempt. Identifying the underlying cause is critical to eventually seeing light at the end of the tunnel and gradual success.
One direction taken by many involves a surgical procedure to take the stomach out of the picture. There are banding procedures which restrict the volume of food which can be consumed at any one time. This can be a real pain, but provided the stomach is still intact, it isn’t as barbaric as other surgical options.
The words Barbaric and Bariatric in my mind aren’t all that different. Bariatric surgery involves reducing the volume of the stomach by either banding, cutting away a portion of the stomach, or completely bypassing this critical organ altogether.
A patient I’ve worked with is five years down the road from having her stomach completely bypassed. Her esophagus was disconnected from the stomach and reconnected to the small intestine. Did she lose weight? Oh yes, but that’s not all she lost. This person’s life has been miserable, and continues to get worse.
When you take into consideration the stomach prepares food for absorption, it’s unreasonable to think someone can operate correctly without it functioning the way God intended.
Intrinsic factor (GIF), is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. It’s necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 later on in the small intestine. These parietal cells are the organs which also produce hydrochloric acid for tearing apart the proteins your body needs to make neurotransmitters, repair cells, and maintain your skeleton.
Bypassing this one component sets in motion a cascade of problems. One big problem is the inability to absorb minerals. My patient suffers horrific muscle spasms that twist and deform the body, leaving her in agony all night long. Various drugs have been given to try and reduce the spasms and pain.
Because of this nutritional deficit we see mental and emotional issues which have her labeled as mentally and emotionally challenged. Every new doctor that reads her chart writes her off as a nut case before honestly evaluating why she’s having these challenges.
With these present issues, I’ve begun to do my own bypass treatments. Instead of trying to get nutrition into her system orally, I’ve gone to using intravenous solutions with B vitamins and magnesium. The results have been nothing short of amazing. If I could get the surgeon to reverse the operation she could potentially resume a normal life.
Here’s a quote from Dr. Bernard Jensen’s Guide to Body Chemistry & Nutrition: “I want to point out here that the classical deficiency symptoms for magnesium include neuromuscular signs, such as tremors, weakness, muscle spasms and irregular heartbeat; gastrointestinal signs such as nausea and vomiting; and personality changes that display confusion, apprehensiveness and depression. In the “old days” people with magnesium deficiency were often (mistakenly) taken to mental institutions because they acted so radically different that they literally seemed to be mentally ill.”
If you are contemplating bariatric surgery, please investigate it thoroughly before signing on the dotted line. Are the benefits greater than the risks? Have you asked yourself, “Why am I fighting a weight issue? What’s missing?” We may have just the right answer.
Multiple attempts to lose weight for so many end up in disaster. The programs and pills marketed to lose weight are everywhere, and generate billions of dollars to those in the business. Most programs end in failure because they ignore the cause. Excessive weight gain can be from genetic, diet, emotions, and addictions.
If you try to fix what’s not broken, all you get is more frustration with another failed attempt. Identifying the underlying cause is critical to eventually seeing light at the end of the tunnel and gradual success.
One direction taken by many involves a surgical procedure to take the stomach out of the picture. There are banding procedures which restrict the volume of food which can be consumed at any one time. This can be a real pain, but provided the stomach is still intact, it isn’t as barbaric as other surgical options.
The words Barbaric and Bariatric in my mind aren’t all that different. Bariatric surgery involves reducing the volume of the stomach by either banding, cutting away a portion of the stomach, or completely bypassing this critical organ altogether.
A patient I’ve worked with is five years down the road from having her stomach completely bypassed. Her esophagus was disconnected from the stomach and reconnected to the small intestine. Did she lose weight? Oh yes, but that’s not all she lost. This person’s life has been miserable, and continues to get worse.
When you take into consideration the stomach prepares food for absorption, it’s unreasonable to think someone can operate correctly without it functioning the way God intended.
Intrinsic factor (GIF), is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. It’s necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 later on in the small intestine. These parietal cells are the organs which also produce hydrochloric acid for tearing apart the proteins your body needs to make neurotransmitters, repair cells, and maintain your skeleton.
Bypassing this one component sets in motion a cascade of problems. One big problem is the inability to absorb minerals. My patient suffers horrific muscle spasms that twist and deform the body, leaving her in agony all night long. Various drugs have been given to try and reduce the spasms and pain.
Because of this nutritional deficit we see mental and emotional issues which have her labeled as mentally and emotionally challenged. Every new doctor that reads her chart writes her off as a nut case before honestly evaluating why she’s having these challenges.
With these present issues, I’ve begun to do my own bypass treatments. Instead of trying to get nutrition into her system orally, I’ve gone to using intravenous solutions with B vitamins and magnesium. The results have been nothing short of amazing. If I could get the surgeon to reverse the operation she could potentially resume a normal life.
Here’s a quote from Dr. Bernard Jensen’s Guide to Body Chemistry & Nutrition: “I want to point out here that the classical deficiency symptoms for magnesium include neuromuscular signs, such as tremors, weakness, muscle spasms and irregular heartbeat; gastrointestinal signs such as nausea and vomiting; and personality changes that display confusion, apprehensiveness and depression. In the “old days” people with magnesium deficiency were often (mistakenly) taken to mental institutions because they acted so radically different that they literally seemed to be mentally ill.”
If you are contemplating bariatric surgery, please investigate it thoroughly before signing on the dotted line. Are the benefits greater than the risks? Have you asked yourself, “Why am I fighting a weight issue? What’s missing?” We may have just the right answer.
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