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Dumping Syndrome of Gastric Bypass and Non-weight Loss Surgery Weight Loss
Are you considering weight loss surgery, specifically RNY gastric bypass, do you know about dumping syndrome? Exactly what is dumping syndrome? What are the signs and symptoms? How can you avoid it? Whether you are a weight loss surgery post-op, use the theories of sugar and dumping syndrome to work for you.
I’m asked many times as a post-op RNY Gastric Bypass patient about dumping syndrome. For me, it has been a great thing as it has been a deterrent of eating my pre-operative favorites consisting of sugary food choices. I’ve provided some details about dumping syndrome as it relates to RNY Gastric Bypass, and how the function of it can benefit non-RNY weight loss surgery patients and non-weight loss surgery weight loss.
Under normal physiologic conditions, the stomach and pylorus (the opening of the stomach into the small intestine) control the rate at which the gastric contents leave the stomach. That is, the stomach, pancreas and liver work together to prepare nutrients (or sugar) before they reach the small intestine for absorption. The stomach serves as a reservoir that releases food downstream only at a controlled rate, avoiding sudden large influxes of sugar. The released food is also mixed with stomach acid, bile, and pancreatic juice to control the chemical makeup of the food that goes downstream and avoid the “dumping syndrome.”
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