Loss Weight by Lap Band Surgery
Lap band surgery is one of the surgeries that are done for weight loss in patients with clinically extreme obesity. Extreme obesity can be defined as weight in excess (BMI more than 40) compared to ideal body weight for that persons height, sex and age. These extremely obese persons are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular diseases in compare to normal weight people by several folds. To prevent these cardiovascular diseases obese people should undergo treatment for control of obesity and here lap band surgery comes handy in obese people who can not maintain normal body weight after losing it. Lap band surgery is ideal for the obese people for whom usual weight loss strategies have failed.
The idea of lap band surgery is to create a small pouch in the upper part of the stomach with controlled and adjustable stoma to limit and control food intake. No stapling or stitching is done in lap band surgery. Lap band surgery is done under general anesthesia and a small (15 cc) pouch is made by fitting the band in the uppermost part of the stomach. The surgery takes less than 1 hour to complete. It is so designed that it can be inflated or deflated any time after surgery and thus the person can control the food intake till his/her desired goal of weight is reached.
The lap band diet is very important. The biggest change after lap band surgery is the life long change in the food habits and the size of the meals. The surgery will help you to control the amount of food you consume but you have to adapt to healthy way of eating. For maintaining the normal body functions and health you should take nutritious and healthy foods. Lap band diet or diet after lap band surgery should contain animal products with low fat but high in protein (fish, poultry and other white meat), bread or cereals, fruits and vegetables, some dairy products and unsaturated fats. The diet should be a balanced diet with slight modifications like higher proteins.