Bariatric Whistleblower

"I am a physician in the Western US. I have read your book and am in
awe: you have really opened up a can of worms here—and I couldn’t be
happier!

"Among my duties as a doctor is to perform pre-operative assessments
on overweight patients who want to undergo bariatric surgery, a.k.a.
gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, laparoscopic band procedure, etc. All
of these procedures involve surgery to promote weight loss and
avoid/prevent/avert the complications of obesity, such as diabetes and
heart disease, although, for many people, it is vanity-based: They can
buy fake nails and color their hair and wear fancy jewelry, but they
can’t hide their weight. As the volume of patients and the volume of
the patients (i.e. waist circumference) being evaluated for these
procedures continues to rise in our community, I find myself in an
ethical dilemma: How can I, in good conscience, help these patients
undergo an invasive procedure to lose weight when the same and even
better outcome could be achieved by eliminating wheat?

"Let me give you more details..."

http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/0...-and-lap-band/

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Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman