{"id":376805,"date":"2021-12-05T19:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T16:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/study-on-obesity-cure-by-turning-off-hungry-hormone\/"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T16:03:25","slug":"study-on-obesity-cure-by-turning-off-hungry-hormone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-on-obesity-cure-by-turning-off-hungry-hormone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Study on obesity cure by turning off \u2018hungry hormone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Study on obesity cure by turning off \u2018hungry hormone\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Obesity could be cured without diet or exercise with a radical trial launched into turning off the so-called \u201chungry hormone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trial is set to investigate a process that could cut the desire to over-eat and reduce weight in just 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>And the process would cost the NHS \u00a31,500 \u2013 a quarter of the price of normal fat-loss surgery.<\/p>\n<p>A trial, led by Ahmed R. Ahmed, a bariatric surgeon at London\u2019s St Mary\u2019s Hospital, will see nearly 80 volunteers go through the procedure called bariatric embolisation and have their ghrelin turned off, which is nicknamed the \u2018hungry hormone\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Due to expense and logistics, the NHS performs 6,000 bariatric procedures such as gastric bands, bypasses and sleeves a year, leading to\u00a0long waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10275573\/Will-turning-hungry-hormone-cure-obesity-crisis.html\">Speaking to the MailOnline<\/a>, Mr Ahmed said that if bariatric embolisation became routine, patients could be out of hospital in two hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could go in hungry and come out not hungry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor said the method\u2019s fast speed and low cost would open up obesity treatment to many more people, but said the effectiveness of it would need to be proved first.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe really need to know it\u2019s the intervention itself having the effect, and it\u2019s not just a placebo effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The operation, performed under local anesthetic, involves making a small cut in the groin or wrist and passing a hollow wire up through blood vessels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Someone's feet on a scale.\" class=\"wp-image-20379121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Studies found that obese patients shed on average almost ten percent of their weight after the procedure.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Microscopic beads are then deposited in an artery serving the upper stomach, or fundus, which will block and therefore reduce ghrelin production.<\/p>\n<p>Small-scale studies have found that obese patients shed on average almost ten percent of their weight after the procedure, although some lose much more.<\/p>\n<p>Such\u00a0weight loss\u00a0would significantly improve health, reversing type 2 diabetes and cutting the risk of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmed\u2019s team are recruiting 76 obese volunteers, each with a body mass index of between 35 and 50. Half will have blocker beads inserted, the others will get a saline solution placebo, and they will all be followed for a year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Woman measuring her stomach.\" class=\"wp-image-20379123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Such\u00a0weight loss\u00a0would significantly improve health, even reversing type 2 diabetes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trial has received \u00a31.2 million from the NHS\u2019s National Institute of Health Research and is backed by Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<p>Although no patients have yet been given the treatment in Britain, around 25 have had it in the US. Among them was local nurse Kirsten Kerfoot, 32, who has since lost six and a half stone.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of one, who is 5ft 11in and now weighs 15 stone, said: \u201cI can\u2019t remember a time in my life when I haven\u2019t been overweight or obese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to see an advert for Chinese food on the TV and think, \u2018I want it!\u2019 The thought would stay on my mind for days. That was my experience my entire life \u2013 with food having this grip on me.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"Woman on a scale.\" class=\"wp-image-20379135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/weight-loss1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>25 patients have had the trial treatment in the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the procedure, I don\u2019t fixate on food like that any more. It\u2019s like being unchained from food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Clifford Weiss of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, who is leading a parallel trial of 64 US patients, said: \u201cThe goal here is to make patients healthier in the least invasive way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The treatment was welcomed by Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, who said the NHS had to look at cheaper, quicker alternatives to bariatric surgery, adding: \u201cObesity is now such a big problem, we\u2019ve got to think outside the box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/health\/4209621\/obesity-could-be-cured-turning-off-hungry-hormone\/\"><em>The Sun<\/em><\/a><em> and has been reproduced here with permission.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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