Dieting and Non Surgical Treatments Newport Beach

Dieting and Non-Surgical Treatments

In 1991, the National Institute of Health (NIH) reviewed 4,500 publications on weight loss and found that the maximum sustainable weight loss by any diet, exercise or behavioral modification program is 25 pounds.

The most common approach to weight loss is to eat less and to increase exercise and activity. A weight loss program, monitored by your doctor, should always be your first weight loss option. However, here are some important facts:

• While millions of severely overweight Americans do try diet, fitness and medication programs to treat their obesity, unfortunately these efforts usually offer only short-term results. Studies show that obese patients on diets, exercise programs, or weight loss medications lose approximately 10% of their body weight, but tend to regain two-thirds within one year, and most of the weight within five years. Today, many Americans view dieting as an extremely difficult and often-times frustrating way to achieve weight loss. This is called ‘yo-yo dieting’, which can make it harder to lose weight in the future.
• Most diets advise overweight and obese individuals to follow their directives on exactly what and how much food to eat, regardless of personal preferences and individual relationships with satiety and hunger. While several diets provide initial weight loss, the effect is predominately short-lived and many times involves unnatural and unrealistic lifestyle changes that make life far more difficult and far less enjoyable.
• The problem is not personal weakness or lack of will power – it’s the diets themselves. When an individual goes on a restrictive low-calorie diet, the body can slip into a “starvation mode” which slows down metabolism and forces the body to become more efficient in storing fat. When the diet is stopped, the slowed metabolic rate makes it harder for a person to keep the weight off for good. Low-calorie diets also cause muscle and fat loss in equal amounts; once the diet is stopped, the majority of weight gain is more fat than muscle – causing metabolism to slow down even more.
• Medical studies show that if you are obese, you are not likely to achieve significant long-term weight loss through diet and behavior changes alone. Eventually, most people become weary of the complexity, ongoing hunger, inflexibility, and the feeling of deprivation. Many times dieters stop one diet program and move onto the next – gaining weight in the process. It’s a cycle that many of the lap band patients have been through one too many times.
• Significant long-term weight loss through surgery can improve overall wellness, obesity-related health conditions, and greatly enhance everyday life.

Minimally invasive weight loss surgery may be your best option for long-term control of excess weight.