The biggest challenge to taking patients from other lap-band surgeons is they don’t know how the lapband works. So, let me be very clear: The lap band does not work when you eat – the lapband works two hours after you eat.
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The Band Doesn’t Work When You Eat
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Lap-Band Helps Outsmart Hunger
As a weight loss surgeon, I can tell you simply eating less is not the key to losing weight. The biology of a person is set to prevent starvation. When you eat less, your brain interprets the behavior as starvation. We do know that the lap-band, properly placed and properly adjusted, will produce a change that keeps the brain from interpreting new eating habits as starvation.
There is a fundamental reason that diets don’t work in the long run. The thermostat for appetite, and for fat storage, lies in the upper part of the stomach, about the spot where we place the lap- band. When food passes by this part of the stomach, it sends a signal to the part of the brain you have no conscious control over, and your appetite is dimmed. Continue reading