The band works by suppressing the appetite with a small amount of food. Normally the stomach responds with a given amount of food to suppress the appetite, and with more food to feel “full.”
By eating a small amount of food the band will work to assist you to suppress the appetite, as a larger amount of food will. Not by feeling full, or stuffed, but simple appetite suppression. After a normal sized meal a series of hormones and nerve impulses signal the brain to suppress appetite. The band keeps a small amount of food in the upper stomach where the brain interprets that signal as the stomach having more food — thus setting off the cascade of hormones and nerve signals to suppress the appetite.
Consider when you eat a meal, a normal sized meal. Nothing to make you feel full or stuffed. For hours after the meal your appetite is suppressed. You are not thinking about food, and high calorie snacks are less enticing. The desire to nibble is gone.
This allows weight loss in the most natural way – by eating less. It also allows you to maintain the weight loss. If you want to be a 180 pound guy, then you have to eat like a 180 pound guy — the band allows that to occur.
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