Many dieters accurately complain that they feel as if they are endlessly “stuck” with their excess fat. Fat cells — that are created when the body is unable to transform excess calories to energy — are permanent. They can’t actually be removed or eliminated. The way we lose weight, however, is through reducing these fat cells in size. As the fat cells shrink, so does your body [i].
Those that are actually trying to get rid of fat cells from one’s body can use a more controversial non-diet method. Gastric Bypass Operation is a procedure where a medical doctor purposefully reduces the patient’s stomach size. The patient undergoes a malabsorption process where they have a decreased capacity to absorb nutrients and their food intake becomes very restricted. In addition, the duodenum [2] is bypassed to prevent the absorption of nutrients that might cause excess calories, and as such, the creation of extra fat cells [ii].
A more advanced surgery referred to as “billopancreatic diversion” or Extensive Gastric Bypass not only involves the stomach but also includes the circumvention of the beginning of the small intestine and the middle of the small intestine. The result is an even greater malabsorption capacity.
The medical community has concerns about stomach-stapling. Experts fear that patients are diving into a new lifestyle without understanding the consequences of their actions. The patient has to solidly understand what sort of diet they should undergo after the procedure. This “sensible eating” must include both the quantity of post-procedure food that’s eaten, and the variety of calories which are eaten each day [iii].
Although the purpose of the procedure is to cause malabsorption, unprepared patients post-procedure typically experience malnutrition. Problems such as calcium deficiencies, anemia due to B12 and Iron deficiencies, hair loss, nausea, excessive sweating, vomiting, loss of water-soluble essential vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, Niacin, Folic Acid, and Biotin, and diarrhea are all possible [iv].
The media has taken the publicity of this fat elimination extremely seriously and many debate the validity of the procedure. Every patient who undergoes gastric bypass is now going through a severe battle. Body issues aside, if they don’t treat their bodies better they will suffer extreme consequences. What they clearly need at this point are nutritional supplement solutions that cater to their new eating limits and framework.
Profect, which is a nutritional supplement created by Protica Research, doesn’t support the proliferation of unhealthy body image expectations that people are inundated with every day; especially impressionable youth. Yet with this being said, Profect has been engineered to provide those that have opted for this dramatic weight-loss surgical procedure with an ideal source of post-procedure food.
Each serving of Profect contains 2.7 fluid ounces, which is considerably smaller than most other nutritional supplements. It is subsequently aptly suited for many who must restrict their quantity of food intake. Each Profect serving contains no fat and no carbohydrates and only contains 100 calories.
What is clearly the most appreciated medical quality, however, is Profect’s protein configuration. No other current protein supplement can give you this much density of protein. As such, people who are obliged to eat very small food portions can easily ingest 100% of the U.S. Recommended Daily Intake of protein in less than six fluid ounces.
Profect also contains 50-100% of one’s needed water-soluble vitamins. These nutritional vitamins help consumers replenish the vitamin stores that they might be losing because of the post-procedure side effects noted above, such as diarrhea, vomiting, and sweating. In the long-term, daily usage of Profect supplies the body with the critically important constant flow of water-soluble vitamins.
As gastric bypass continues to grow in popularity and price, the debate will rattle on. Yet what must also continue is quality education and awareness. While results are fast, keeping these results is going to be the hardest part. This road consists of an eating regimen that may require conscientious food choices, much smaller portions, and cautious monitoring of protein and vitamin intake. The weight also progressively disappears rather than disappearing in a few days. The lifestyle changes for the gastric bypass patient are many, and only those with a strong will and great fortitude are appropriate candidates for the procedure.
REFERENCES
[i] Source: “Is the Number of Fat Cells you Have Predetermined?”. iVillage. http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts/wlcoach/qas/0,,222000_36838,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=13185251
[ii] Source: “Weight Loss: Gastric Bypass Operations”. WebMD. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2731_1654.htm
[iii] Source: “What You Need to Know About: Gastric Bypass”. About.com. http://weightloss.about.com/cs/gastricbypass/l/blgastby1.htm
[iv] Source: “Gastric Bypass”. MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007199.htm
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