Can you lose weight just by following a bariatric diet?

Bariatric surgery also known as weight loss surgery works by either being restrictive or malabsorptive. Whether the process is restrictive or malabsorptive depends on the type of surgical procedure.
Most often people do have this misconception about bariatric diet.

So what is a bariatric diet?

Post- Bariatric diet or say post -bariatric transition diet is a diet that is primarily focused or advised in order to provide time for the stomach to heal and adapt to the new physiology of the stomach. This transition diet is not only about restricting food but more focused on the consumption of nutrient-dense food and involves changes in complete lifestyle for good.
Bariatric surgery is not only about restricting your food intake, rather it is more about living a healthy lifestyle with a proper balanced diet.
Hunger is something which no one can control for a longer time. Even if you force yourself to restrict your calorie intake by eating less you may end up eating more and regain more weight.

Ghrelin and leptin are two major hormones responsible for maintaining weight.
Leptin is a hormone that prevents hunger and regulates balance between food intake and energy used. It signals the brain when you are full, so that you don’t overeat.
Ghrelin is a hunger hormone released by the stomach that sends signals to the brain thus making you seek food and promotes fat storage.

Thus imbalance of these hormones promotes weight gain. If you are on a restricted diet and force yourself too much you may have a negative impact. Ghrelin production increases in response to starvation sending signals to your brain and thus your blood sugar levels may drop giving you a feeling of weakness, dizziness, nausea etc.

This also hinders your daily routine or work, as you are not able to focus. Bariatric surgery helps by reducing the hunger hormone and improving satiety so that you only eat how much is required by your body, thus helping you to lead a healthy and happy life.

Without the surgery following a bariatric diet is quite difficult to follow and also it won’t give the same result as it would have given post surgery.

Post-bariatric surgery, with the post-bariatric diet the patient experiences a feeling of satiety.
Patients learn portion control from day 1 after the surgery. Certain lifestyle changes will be taught by a team of expert nutritionists that are not so difficult and become a habit gradually.

Bariatric surgery is a ray of hope for all those people who have tried multiple measures to lose weight but have failed. Ideally, they haven’t failed, but the method of treatment has failed.

Without bariatric surgery, this diet won’t make you feel full and this will affect your daily activities as you won’t be able to concentrate on your work.

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