I stumbled upon this article and it was too difficult not to comment on! http://www.canada.com/health/Some+find+controversial+weight+loss+technique+hard+swallow/2603382/story.html
It seems as though people will put themselves through anything to lose weight. Unregulated medications, the newest fad diet, the hulk’s gym plan, you name it. This newest weight-loss technique, however, makes pain the key component of the diet. Participants get polyethylene sutured to the centre of the tongue, making it too painful to eat solid foods. The result is a liquid diet, and subsequent weight loss. OUCH!
Is it really worth the physical pain to lose the weight? The participant must pay about $3,000 for the procedure, is put on a 750cal/day liquid diet and then sips their way to weight loss. Sounds like torture to me.
Has it really come down to this? The physician that created this procedure indicates that as a pattern interrupt, participants will have to retrain themselves to eat, will learn how to exercise correctly, and then will be able to continue this new pattern once the patch has been removed. If retraining people was only that easy... Of course you will lose weight if it is painful to eat. Has anyone ever had braces?
Once again, it seems that people are attacking the obesity problem from the point of the individual without addressing all the other factors that contribute to it. If obesity begins as such a complex problem, why do we believe such a simple (not to mention ridiculous!) fix will solve the problem? I’m getting tired of hearing all these new quick fix methods when everyone knows they won’t work. What I still find difficult to understand is how healthcare professionals will make money off people knowing the long-term result will be less than desirable. How is this allowed? Aren’t we supposed to be helping one another? Getting back to the roots of this problem should continue to be a joint effort and I look forward to giving my input as a future healthcare professional.
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HADEEL- This is definitely trying to solve a problem with another one. For you and me it sounds ridiculous right away, since we have the knowledge. However, the lack of health knowledge of the general population is taken advantage of by professionals when they promote these programs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that comment! I think I sometimes take for granted that I'm in the health field and that others don't have the knowledge. It makes me so upset that some people take advantage of others that don't have this health knowledge. It is really such a huge industry! Thoughts?
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