Its experimental but the gist is they put a ballon of sorts inside your stomach so that your appetite is greatly reduced. It also means that you eat less due to the reduced capacity of the stomach.



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I have heard of it before and i can't imagine that people actually do this. Of course there are a lot of desperate people out there, but a foreign matter in the stomach ? It is possible to eat less without such a ballon, so i wouldn't risk that.

I wonder if it would have the same type of effects as a gastric bypass. The gastric bypass staples off part of the stomach I think...but it's the same idea of not having as much room to hold food. It definitely work. But I've heard you can only eat really really small amounts of food (A few grapes for lunch.) And it's supposed to be horrible for the body.

Is this the same as the band ?? Sharon Osbourne has one - and she lost loads of weight - and looks fab on it too

This has been featured in the television for so many times. Its an operation procedure that they put a balloon inside your stomach. This way you easily get stuffed and you will lessen your food intake. I am really amazed how people have come to think about this procedure.

I wouldn't have it done I would be too scared to have something like that in my tummy i would rather do it on my own - as hard work as it may be

Did we find out if it was the same band as the one sharon had ??

I would be too scared to have it done I really would

i haven't found that out, but i can't say i've tried too hard to find either ...

i'm still a stickler for the old-fashioned stuff, weight-loss included ...

I wouldn't go for the band at all, I would be afraid, I will stick to good old fruit and veg.....

In my country some people has been killed by this stomach ballon.One of them was killed by a virus that she take after the surgery so i dont think under any condition i use this method.I prefer natural ways like reducing the amount of food i eat day by day.