Dr. Oz wants us to focus on four things, and four things he’ll focus a lot on during his show’s new season which is somewhat filling in for Oprah:
Weight loss. Better sex. Physical Activity. Sleep.
Sounds good to us!
And he has no issues saying that gastric bypass is a smart move:
“I├óΓé¼┬ªthink gastric bypass surgery will play a big role. We probably do only 1% of the gastric bypass surgeries we should do.”
He explains, “Yes. Listen, if you’re one hundred pounds overweight at age fifty, you have the same mortality rate as if you have a solid cancer. Would you operate for cancer? Yeah. So if you cannot lose that weight, get one of these procedures. You have to do it with counseling and full awareness of what you’re doing, of course. But if you get people to start losing 5% of their excess body weight, you’re really taking a big whack out of the two-thirds of Americans.”
We’re supports of getting it done how you can, and as healthy as you can. We’d love it if everyone could do it through healthy eating and exercise, but sometimes that’s just easier said than done. If that’s the case, take the Doc’s advice.
It’s relatively simple, and it could save your life!
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