For the Lap Band person..
This is where that site takes you. http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/88/7/2999
Ghrelin and Gastric Bypass: Is There a Hormonal Contribution to Surgical Weight Loss?
David E. Cummings and Michael H. Shannon
RYGB, stands for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
This is taken in part.
The hypotheses we offer here to help reconcile disparate findings regarding the possible ability of RYGB to reduce ghrelin levels do not account for all of the differences observed. Moreover, it has not been proven that inhibition of ghrelin by any means—surgical or medical—causes weight loss in humans. Additional studies are required to clarify these issues and to answer the overarching question of whether ghrelin blockade will prove to be an effective antiobesity approach.
You didn’t have the RYGB Roux-en Y gastric bypass you had Lap Band right?
found that ghrelin concentrations were approximately four times higher in patients who had undergone adjustable gastric banding or biliopancreatic diversion, both of which leave the fundus in contact with nutrients, compared with subjects who had RYGB. Similarly, in a prospective study, we found that ghrelin levels were 53% higher 8 months after adjustable gastric banding than they were before surgery (38). These values remained elevated in a subset of patients followed for up to 3 yr. Persistently increased ghrelin levels after purely restrictive procedures, such as gastroplasty, may help explain why these methods achieve less effective long-term weight loss than RYGB
You said “ The thing about lap bands is that they prevent your metabolism from slowing down after you’ve lost weight, so once you lose weight, you do keep it off.”
iknowiwilldoit123 note. The fact is many people with Lap Band gain back almost all there weight after 3 years.




