Losing Weight the Asinine Way

Has the medical world gone completely insane? A new medical device called “AspireAssist” to treat obesity has been approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. Its approval is being studied by Health Canada. The British Medical Journal agrees with my reaction when it reported, “AspireAssist surely marks the end of civilization as we know it”. This remark sounds ominous, but it’s not about a nuclear threat. Rather, about obese people who thoroughly chow down a meal, then half an hour later physically remove one third of it! Not by inserting a tube down their throat. Instead, by an endoscopic surgical procedure in which doctors insert a pencil-sized tube into the stomach. Following the meal a pump is attached to the tube and the contents of the stomach emptied into the toilet. Hardly a civilized way to spend your spare time! AspireAssist is recommended for those over age 22 who are significantly overweight. The FDA reports that of 111 patients treated with AspireAssist along with lifestyle therapy, weight loss was 12.1 percent after one year. So a 200 pound person would lose 25 pounds. This is not a significant amount when other safe methods are available.

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