All about Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery is usually reserved for people who suffer from morbid obesity with a BMI or body mass index of 40 or higher. If you fall in this category, then you are in imminent danger of dying from obesity-related causes such as a stroke, heart attack, lung failure or failure of the other vital organs. In such cases, surgery would be required to reduce the capacity of the stomach so that it enables the patient to lose weight due to the reduced intake of food.

Every surgery has chances of complications, and in rarest of cases, can cause death as well. However, the chances of dying from bariatric surgery are much lower than the chances of dying from obesity itself. Various forms of bariatric surgery have been performed regularly without problems all over the world. It helps the patient lead a normal life after the recovery period. The patients actually end up losing weight as well due to the reduced stomach size and this slowly helps them on the path to recovery.

Many people may think that after bariatric surgery, it is fine to have any food that you want to, except you will feel fuller with smaller portions. It is true that you will feel fuller with smaller portions, however, you will need to avoid certain foods altogether as they may undo the effects of the operation and might even cause health emergencies. Carbonated beverages are at the top of this list as they contain soda and might end up causing bloating or expansion of the stomach. This might expand the stomach and undo the effects of the operation and thus, should be avoided at all costs.

Although bariatric surgery will ensure that your diet and food intake are severely reduced, you still will have to exercise and ensure that the calorie deficit is maintained wherein what you put out on a daily basis in the form of calorie burn, is far more than your calorie intake. So not only would you have to control your diet, but you will also have to exercise and sweat it out more to ensure fat loss.