Last night, after I posted about the BBC Horizons program on obesity, I got an email from a reader who needed help understanding the gastric bypass surgery and what it might be able to do for her. She had been emotionally overeating for thirteen years, since suffering a devastating loss, and she wanted to know if the GB could really change her desires for junk food, as the BBC program suggested. In case anyone else wants a more detailed response on this, I've posted my response here: Hi, I've found that the gastric bypass has altered my desire for crap food, but I would say it mostly has to do with behavioral conditioning – every time I eat something very rich or sweet, I get really sick, and after a while I started feeling sick just smelling certain things. Kind of like when someone gets really drunk on rum and never touches it again. So it's effective, but not very nice, and I have to admit there are always going to be times when your desire for a fo...
Life after Gastric Bypass surgery