why did the doctor put this man on a crash diet?
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010i was watching t.v about a very over weight man who was so big that he found it hard to walk. the doctor put him straight on a crash Diet but i thought crash dieting was really unsafe?
Did you watch the rest of the show?
They do that to gastric bypass and lapband patients b/c if they don’t lose at least some weight pre-surgery, they would probably die.
There is a major difference between being 20 pounds overweight and being 200-300 pound overweight.
It’s a risk/benefit ratio. The fatter/unhealthier you are when they put you under anasthetic, the higher the chance is you will die.
Crash dieting is unsafe for most of us, but when you have 300 pounds to lose, you really can’t get "less" healthy than you already are.