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The mass poisoning of humanity: an exploration of human stupidity Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And if you have this barbaric surgical procedure called gastric bypass surgery, you'll no longer be obese. And if you're not healthy, don't worry; we have magic bullet prescription drugs that will make you even healthier. So we're a clever population at the same time that we're incredibly stupid. Do you know what that's called? That's called being a population of great technicians and lousy healers. And that's exactly what we are today. Having used the word "stupid" throughout this editorial, I use it deliberately.

Hospitals may be hazardous to your health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is like saying that if you have vision problems then you should rip out your eyes. gastric bypass surgery is no magic bullet solution, and people still get obese after having it. They just eat ice cream all day. Obviously, obesity is not a stomach size problem. Did you know that mammograms give you cancer? The mammography equipment actually radiates your breast. Computed Tomography scans give you more radiation than hundreds of chest x-rays. A number of doctors were asked this question about CT scans, and only 20 percent knew how much radiation the scans would produce.

Bariatric surgery kills 5 percent of patients: Weight loss surgery takes deadly toll Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is now recognized as a common side effect of bariatric surgery or gastric bypass surgery. When this happens to you, you're put in a very difficult spot as the patient because the thing that's typically suggested to you to solve this problem of your pancreas producing "too much insulin" is to surgically remove part of your pancreas. How's that for brilliant? The surgeons harm your body with the first surgery, and then they create a condition where they get repeat business because they have to remove part of your pancreas to balance your blood sugar.

If patients just had access to good information, they'd make better choices, and far fewer patients would undergo gastric bypass surgery in the first place. Of course, that's exactly what the surgeons in this country don't want to happen. They want to see more people opting for surgery, because that means more money in their pockets. Hospitals and clinics want the same thing. Disease = revenue. Education = loss of revenue. In this way, conventional medicine is clearly against patient education about disease prevention.

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How about the gastric bypass surgery? They basically rip out part of your digestive system, staple it back together and call it a weight-loss plan. Now you can't eat and you wonder why. This is called "heroic medicine." It looks courageous, but it's really just barbaric. The patient wakes up -- well 99 percent of them do -- and suddenly they can't eat as much. Is this a weight-loss program and strategy? Is this how you support the human body? You don't support human health by ripping out parts of the body that are necessary to sustain human health.

The Honest Food Guide empowers consumers with independent information about foods and health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

You know, it's funny; people out there are getting gastric bypass surgery, or bariatric surgery as it's sometimes called, in huge numbers. This is a procedure that can cost anywhere from $20,000 to $60,000. I call it a lobotomy of your digestive tract because they literally rip out a portion of your stomach and sort of rework your plumbing down there.

The dark history of modern medicine: U.S. surgeons routinely operated on babies without anesthesia Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We're still living it, and millions of Americans each year are being subjected to surgical procedures that can only be described as utterly mad, if not downright profitable for the masked men performing them: Hysterectomies, gastric bypass surgery, heart bypass surgery, carpal tunnel surgery, the surgical removal of wisdom teeth and many more. None of these have any medical justification except in a few extreme cases.

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There are two surgical methods for weight loss: gastric banding and gastric bypass. In gastric banding, the amount of food the stomach can hold is reduced by closing off or removing parts of the stomach. A gastric bypass procedure reduces the digestion and absorption of food by connecting the stomach to the lower part of the small intestine, bypassing the duodenum and some of the jejunum. Restrictive operations lead to weight loss in almost all patients, although some are unable to adjust their eating habits and fail to lose weight.

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Within sixteen weeks of beginning a low-calorie diet, about 10 percent of dieters develop gallstones, and more than 30 percent develop gallstones within twelve to eighteen months following gastric bypass surgery (an extreme weight-loss measure). How does weight loss lead to gallstones? When the body begins to shed pounds, stored cholesterol is released in large amounts from the body fat into the bloodstream and is then secreted into the bile. As a result the bile becomes supersaturated with cholesterol, the primary cause of gallstones.

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At Catholic University in Rome, Italy, eight patients underwent gastric bypass surgery.18 The operation is commonly done as a last-ditch treatment for massive obesity, and for good reason. What it involves is this: The stomach is stapled so that only a tiny pouch about the size of an egg is left to receive food. Then the intestine is cut in two. The first part of the intestine simply lies unused, while the lower portion of the small intestine is attached directly to the tiny stomach pouch.

Death by Medicine Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD, Dorothy Smith PhD. See book keywords and concepts

Media-driven surgery such as gastric bypass for obesity "modeled' by Hollywood personalities seduces obese people to think this route is safe and sexy. There is even a problem of surgery being advertised on the Internet.76 A study in Spain declares that between 20 and 25% of total surgical practice represents unnecessary operations.77 According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics from 1979 to 1984, there was a 9% increase in the total number of surgical procedures, and the number of surgeons grew by 20%.

Disease Prevention and Treatment The Life Extension Editorial Staff See book keywords and concepts

In gastric banding, the amount of food the stomach can hold is reduced by closing off or removing parts of the stomach. A gastric bypass procedure reduces the digestion and absorption of food by connecting the stomach to the lower part of the small intestine, bypassing the duodenum and some of the jejunum. Restrictive operations lead to weight loss in almost all patients, although some are unable to adjust their eating habits and fail to lose weight. About 30% of persons undergoing vertical banded gastroplasty achieve normal weight and about 80% achieve some degree of weight loss.

Smart Medicine for Healthier Living : Practical A-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Adults Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND See book keywords and concepts

The procedures used include gastric banding, in which a portion of the stomach is stapled closed, and gastric bypass, which also decreases the stomach's capacity. Weight loss immediately following surgery can be impressive. However, long-term success is only in the 50-percent range. ¦ Liposuction is a surgical procedure in which fat cells are suctioned out from specific areas of the body by means of a tube called a cannula inserted through a small incision. Under ideal circumstances, liposuction is reputedly safe.

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