by Wendy Rigby / KENS 5
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Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM
SANANTONIO -- Doctors have a new warning for people who have undergone gastric bypass surgery. The popular weight loss procedure can put you at greater risk of becoming an alcoholic.
Weight loss surgery is an incredibly helpful medical tool for obese patients. By surgically shrinking the stomachs size and limiting calorie intake, people are able to lose large amounts of weight and get healthy.
But a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed people who have the most common type of obesity surgery - gastric bypass - have double the risk of excessive drinking than those who had less drastic weight loss surgeries. The surgery can change the way the body metabolizes and digests alcohol.
In that difference in absorption, alcohol itself is actually absorbed a little bit more quickly and more readily, said UT Medicine bariatric surgeon Dr. Richard Peterson.
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Gastric bypass tied to increased risk of alcoholism
