Worth the Weight? Breaking Down Bariatric Surgery Myths
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction
Danielle Belardo
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2022
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Summary
Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, bariatric surgeon and obesity medicine specialist Dr. Garth Davis, for a myth-busting episode about weight loss surgery. Dr. Davis debunks the enormous amount of misinformation circling social media about the harm of these surgeries and provides an inside look into what you can expect before, during and after surgery. Danielle and Garth dive into the pros and cons of the most common weight loss surgeries and provide the facts so people can make an educated decision on whether bariatric surgery is right for them.
Danielle and Garth discuss:
- The anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract
- The history of gastric bypass surgery and why it causes weight loss
- Myths and misconceptions surrounding bariatric surgery
- Criteria to qualify for bariatric surgery
- The long term effects and success rate of surgery
- How to find a great surgeon and what kinds of questions to ask
- Risks and benefits associated with bariatric surgery
Garth Davis, MD, FACS, FASMBS, is a board-certified bariatric surgeon and obesity medicine specialist physician in Houston, Texas. For more than 20 years, Dr. Davis has specialized in bariatric and general surgery and has performed thousands of weight loss surgeries. He is currently working at Houston Methodist West and Houston Methodist Downtown and serves as the Medical Director for the system’s Clinic For Chronic Metabolic Disease. He has started and led several of the largest multidisciplinary weight loss programs and is an invited keynote speaker on topics related to obesity and obesity surgery. Dr. Davis is a published author of two books: "Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession With Meat is Killing Us" and "The Expert’s Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery." He founded the two largest bariatric practices in Houston: the Houston Medical Clinic and the Davis Clinic.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:08.4 | We do get good treatment of diabetes with a sleeve gastrectomy, but we get better treatment |
| 0:13.5 | with a gastric bypass. We also get better weight loss with a gastric bypass, and both of those |
| 0:18.4 | randomized controlled trials. And so I look at someone, if their body mass index is above 50, I lean towards a bypass. |
| 0:24.2 | If they're diabetic, I sleep, lean towards bypass. |
| 0:34.3 | Welcome to wellness, fact versus fiction. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Dr. Danielle Ballardo, and I'm a cardiologist who loves |
| 0:40.0 | evidence-based medicine and nutrition science. But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness |
| 0:45.2 | vads take over social media. It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top |
| 0:50.2 | expert physicians and scientists to help us determine what is fact versus fiction when it |
| 0:55.3 | comes to your health. It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it |
| 1:00.4 | comes to our wellness. |
| 1:08.0 | Hey, everyone. Welcome back to wellness fact versus fiction. And today we have a phenomenal guest on who I am super excited to explore all things bariatric surgery and obesity medicine with. It's Dr. Garth Davis. He is not only a friend of mine, but he's a brilliant surgeon. So he's a board-certified |
| 1:28.0 | bariatric surgeon and also in obesity medicine. He's been in practice for over 20 years. |
| 1:33.1 | He's currently the medical director for the Houston Methodist Center for Weight Loss and |
| 1:38.0 | bariatric surgery. And by the way, the Houston Center is unbelievable Methodist, and Houston's just incredible. |
| 1:45.5 | I know they have a really robust and unbelievable cardiology program, and Garth is the medical |
| 1:50.8 | director for their weight loss and bariatric surgery program. |
| 1:53.8 | So I am so thankful you are able to take the time out today to chat about bariatric surgery |
| 1:59.1 | with us, Garth. |
| 2:00.4 | Well, thanks, Daniel. It's my favorite topic. So it's a good topic to talk about bariatric surgery with us, Garth. Well, thanks, Daniel. |
| 2:01.1 | That's my favorite topic. |
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