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Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity – (03-22-04)

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Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity Leads to an Increase in Bone Turnover and a Decrease in Bone Mass

I’m sure if I thought about it there may actually be a good reason to perform a gastric bypass, I would guess the majority of these surgeries done would not fall into my category.

Who ever developed this surgery?? Hey–let’s bypass an essential component of human health so a patient can lose some weight!!!

JCEM — Abstracts: Coates et al. 89 (3): 1061 –

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Phenotypic effects of leptin replacement – (04-22-04)

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Phenotypic effects of leptin replacement on morbid obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypogonadism, and behavior in leptin-deficient adults

Remember that leptin is a hormone secreted by the adipose cell that, in a healthy state, will decrease appetite and speed up metabolism. It should act as a regulator of body weight–more adipose tissue, more leptin and faster metabolism to lose the fat–less fat, less leptin and metabolism slows down again. I really do believe that somewhere in the leptin pathway lies an important approach to obesity. As soon as we start to learn ways to make cells more responsive to leptin’s message, we will begin to see more effective approaches to weight loss.

PNAS — Abstracts: Licinio et al. 101 (13): 4531 –

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORBID OBESITY – (07-25-05)

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Association of Helicobacter pylori Infection With Morbid Obesity

Those who have been reading the Updates for years now know that I feel H. pylori is merely an opportunistic infection (possibly even normal flora) that rises up with health conditions are not optimal.  I think that destruction of this bacteria with a triple therapy regimen will ultimately show to be a bad idea on several fronts.  So, naturally, I hesitate to provide articles that support my being right, but…

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