Re: ruining surgery??--another theory on satiation

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In a message dated 10/06/2001 5:32:07 PM Central Daylight Time,

ruisha@... writes:

> So, I really don't think people can 'out-eat' the surgery very easily, if at

> all.... I can see how one can eat around the surgery with the RNY since

> the

> amounts are so small and once the food goes through the stomach I think

> someone can feel hungry relatively quickly. Once the stomach is empty, it

> can

> be filled again pretty quickly and often

Well, this may prompt another theory and discussion but here goes. I

sometimes wonder is DS patients experience another kind of restriction that

RNY folks don't. I wonder if the length of our alimentary limb (from 250cm

to 300cm typically) plays a roll in restriction or satiation when eating.

Even after the food leaves our stomach, I would think it would eventually get

the alimentary limb full and therefore gives us a " very full " feeling. While

the RNY pouch person, initially can't eat very much but as the food keeps

trickling into the alimentary limb (which is often twice as long as ours)

never gets full and therefore they don't get a " full belly (or actually small

intestine) " feeling that we experience with the ds.

Just a thought! All of you ds studiers I hope I am making sense here and I

would love to here whether you think this theory has any merit!