Gastric Bypass and the Physiological Effects
This article takes a closer look at the physiological effects, or ‘what happens to the body’ when someone undergoes gastic bypass surgery.
Gastric bypass is a surgical operation that can bring about significant weight loss. Basically this procedure involves splitting the stomach into two parts, with the upper portion being smaller to accommodate a meal. In this operation, the stomach is significantly reduced so that it enables the individual to consume only small portions of food at a given time. Eventually he will start losing weight just because his calorie intake each time he eats is relatively lower due to his smaller-sized stomach.
There are several ways to go about gastric bypass, but they all work to produce the same end - results. The purpose of this surgical operation is to shrink your stomach by at least 90%. Normally a human stomach can stretch to up its maximum capacity which is almost 1000 ml. But after gastric bypass the stomach can only handle around 15 ml instead.
The stomach is composed of muscles that can readily stretch. It stretches to accommodate the amount of food that you eat. Hence, the size of your stomach slowly increases as you consume more food each time you eat. Relatively more food is needed to completely fill your enlarging stomach. On this same premise, your stomach adapts to less food intake over a period by shrinking to a size that gets full faster.
For the rest of this article, including more physiological effects as a result of bypass procedures, visit the Gastric Bypass Surgery website.
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