Peruse the website and brochures of bariatric surgery centers in the United States, and you probably won’t find any data on the number of people who die after having weight loss surgery. Of course, they wouldn’t showcase that information … it would be bad for business, right?
That’s why it is critical for people considering weight loss surgery to look beyond the surgery providers for information on the subject.
For example, do you know the long-term complications associated with bariatric weight-loss surgery (especially procedures like the gastric bypass)? Do you know the percentage of weight loss surgery patients who die as a direct result of their surgeries?
If you cannot answer these questions about bariatric surgery, then you have not done enough research.
This article is a great place to start:
Bariatric surgery kills 5 percent of patients
Though this article is over a year old, it is just as relevant today as it was when first written. In this article, nutritionist Mike Adams talks about the rampant overuse of weight loss surgery these days.
In his words:
You can’t really grow back the stomach after a surgeon has cut half of it out. You can never fully recover from bariatric surgery. It is a permanent removal of vital organs and tissues that belong there. These are organs that you are supposed to have to be a healthy human being.
