Guest guest Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 In a message dated 11/7/2002 4:15:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, tuesdynite@... writes: > a comparison between patients who were dieting and bypass patients who'd > lost 36% of total body weight, it was found that the ghrelin levels of > bypass patients were 70 PERCENT below those of the dieters. > ********************************* I would be curious to know how far post-op these patients were, and if they plan on testing post-ops that are further than 5 years out to see if ghrelin production begins again by the body's natural desire to repair itself. Maybe, since 40,000 of these surgeries were performed last year, it will take another 5 years for them to even consider testing long-termers, if the docs are even aware of the bounceback effect. Could ghrelin production have something to do with it? Hmm, food for thought (I know, it's always about food). in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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