Bariatric Surgery

Malabsorption comes in the form of not being able to entirely absorb even the small amount of food you have eaten.

Metabolic surgery recalibrates the neuro-hormonal pathways that your body uses to regulate weight and distribution of energy. There is a hormone called ghrelin that is mostly made in the fundus of yourstomach. This hormone stimulates another hormone called Neuropeptide Y (NPY). Neuropeptide Y stimulates your appetite and tells your body to store energy as fat. By decreasing NPY your body will be less hungry and store less fat. When we perform the sleeve gastrectomy we are removing the main area that produces the hormone ghrelin. With less ghrelin being manufactured by your body, there is less stimulation of your appetite because there is less hormone to activate the NPY. This is one of the factors that will contribute to your weight loss as well.

Restrictive surgeries dramatically reduce the amount of food that can be consumed.

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
American Diabetes Association
USDA Site for Kids and Weight Loss 
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
National Weight Loss Control Registry
Health Partner for Weight Loss Surgery
Lap Band System
Obesity Medicine Association