I just found a study that seems to show that when compared in rats, I know I am not a rat either, There is a significant difference in lifespan between eating less on a calorie reduced diet and losing belly fat by simply having it removed.

As compared to the first group, the calorically restricted rats lived 40 percent longer, and the rats that had some of their abdominal fat removed lived 20 percent longer.

“So this suggests that the fat tissue itself is an important component of what happens in caloric restriction,” says Barzilai. Additionally, the rats whose abdominal fat was removed experienced a significant reduction in the occurrence of severe renal disease.

Barzilai’s previous studies in rats showed that surgical removal of abdominal fat improved their health, but removing the fat under their skin by liposuction did not.

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Have you decided to go for the weight loss surgery. You are not the only one to take such a decision. Obese adults who have struggled and failed with the conventional weight loss methods have turned to weight loss surgery as the next best option available to them.

Now, if you are morbidly obese and unable to lose weight in any other way, you should definitely go for weight loss surgery; otherwise, consider it your last resort. In this article I will tell you why.

One of the most popular weight loss surgeries available today is liposuction. People go for liposuction in order to get rid of fat around their waists and hips. Many people, young and old, have gone for it because it is not only a fast but also a good way to lose the extra weight without struggling through diet and exercise.

However, if the findings of the recent studies are to be believed, liposuction offers you none of the weight loss benefits that can be acquired through diet and exercise. Thus, it doesn’t tone up your muscles, make your body fitter and flatter, or lower your blood sugar level.

Worse, almost 40-50% of those who undergo liposuction are unable to maintain the lost weight for any considerable amount of time. The reason is that they forget that surgeries won’t be able to save them from future weight gain if they go back to their old, unhealthy lifestyle habits. Some even believe that if they workout regularly after undergoing surgery, it is okay for them to eat junk foods. This is not true at all as many have learned the hard way.

Another weight loss surgery available is the gastric bypass surgery; however, it is only for those who are morbidly obese with a BMI of 40 or more. Moreover, gastric bypass is notorious for its side effects. A few complications you may have after undergoing this surgery are abdominal hernias, infections, blood clotting, internal bleeding, etc. Some patients even develop stones in their gall bladders after undergoing it. Surgery-related deaths is also not a very remote possibility with gastric bypass.

The purpose of weight loss is not only to make outward, cosmetic changes to your appearance but also to make you healthier. One overlooked issue with weight loss surgeries in general is that they don’t really make you ‘healthy’ in the real sense of the term. As a matter of fact, surgery usually causes a huge loss of nutrition in the body.

Therefore, if you are wondering about how to lose weight by bypassing dieting and exercising, I would say that your view about weight loss is flawed. Unless you are willing to follow healthy food habits (dieting) and work out regularly (exercises) after undergoing the surgery, it is only a matter of time before you would become your former “overweight” self.