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When you hear about stomach stapling,
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you probably picture doctors folding
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your stomach and clamping it shut. Many
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assume the procedure simply pinches the
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pouch to make you feel full faster. The
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truth is, surgeons permanently slice
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away 80% of the entire organ. A long
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mechanical tool is inserted to
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simultaneously chop the flesh and seal
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the raw edges with titanium. The massive
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discarded section of your stomach is
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then completely dragged out of your
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abdomen. What remains is a narrow tube
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shaped like a banana that links directly
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to your intestines. This tiny new
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passage can only hold a few bites of
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food at a time before extreme physical
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pressure kicks in. The biggest
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transformation actually happens
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invisibly within your bloodstream. The
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removed piece of your stomach was the
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exact factory pumping out your main
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hunger hormones. With that flesh
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permanently thrown away, the constant
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screaming urge to eat simply vanishes.
