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If obesity or extreme overweight has haunted you throughout the years, now there is a permanent solution that does not include the risks of gastric bypass surgery. It’s called “adjustable gastric banding (AGB),” or gastric lap band, and rather than “bypassing” your stomach, leaving you permanently unable to obtain the nutrients your body needs from the foods that you eat, the lap band works by cinching the upper part of the stomach into a small pouch, so that if you’re “banded,” you get full and satiated faster. This much safer alternative to gastric bypass doesn’t remove part of the stomach and intestines from the digestive loop; it also doesn’t present the bypass’s 1-in-200 chance of death. The lap band is adjustable, meaning that the surgeon can actually adjust the band to your specific weight loss goals. It is also removable, which means that you don’t have to live with this solution for life -- it doesn’t require the “lifelong commitment” needed for gastric bypass surgery. |
