There are many thousands of "Morbidly Obese" in the United States.  This is so Tragic....You may have read about the Singer CARNIE WILSON who is battling this Obesity.  She had the surgical procedure called GASTRIC BYPASS.  She is one of the 15 % that put back ALL of the weight. There have been over 230,000 of these done in the United States and from 1997-2007 and the increase has been %600. I realize that out of desperation people decide on this surgery. You may have seen, on a reality program, footage of some of the people having this procedure and with the unbelievable agony. This surgery "changes the body's normal digestion process and as a result, food BY Passes the large part of the stomach and most of the small intestine".

What is also telling on these shows is to observe the friends and relatives of the patient. Almost all of them are themselves severely overweight or obese. Then you observe every one's eating habits, fried foods, fats, sugars, sodas, pastries, heavy gravies and starches etc. Thus the adage..You are a product of your environment...places and people. In researching about this surgery...".it is recommended that after surgery., not to intake , Diet Drinks, avoid sauces, gravies, butter, margarine, and junk foods" (In other words ..Even with the surgery..You can put back a lot of the weight).

I would think that the reasoning of course ...is that people should .. From the "get go" avoid the intake of this JUNK....So this is my take on it.

If one adheres to the way that Nature intended us to eat .meaning .THE PREHISTORIC DIET you will be as Nature intended us to be, trim , healthy , happy... PERIOD.....END OF STORY.

For those that have to have this surgery...as a life saving Procedure, adhere to  THE PREHISTORIC DIET in order to maintain all you have endured so much to obtain.

Certainly, with the MORBIDLY OBESE there are psychological issues but I maintain that with a partnership  between the patient, a psychologist and an instructor of THE PREHISTORIC DIET that there can be a real breakthrough for this" heart breaking "  situation . A  thought now regarding the  high cost of health care in the United States and one of the reasons Universal Health care is so very hard to afford. The average cost for Gastric Bypass Procedures are $25,000   according to "The National Institute of Diabetes and  Digestive and Kidney Disease".

So for the years 1997-2007 the cost of these procedures are close to $5 billion dollars and I have to imagine by now the costs have exceeded $10 billion.

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