Binge Eat All You Want, Thanks To This Terrifying New FDA-Approved Device
The AspireAssist is here to help you eat garbage but look like Miranda Kerr.
Being obese or overweight is a difficult road—especially for those who try to lose the excess weight.
Being overweight affects several aspects of life—especially one's health. Obviously, certain weight loss methods work better than others, but many diets and quick fixes can be extremely dangerous for both short- and long-term health.
The AspireAssist is a weight loss tool that removes about 30% of calories from one's stomach.
A port is surgically connected to the stomach. Then, after eating, the port connects to the Aspire assist and pours out 30-35% of the food into the toilet. After the excess food is removed, water is pumped back into the stomach.
One of the main critiques of the device is that it could encourage binge eating or unhealthy habits.
If I knew at every meal that 30% of my calories didn't count, then I would eat cheese fries and doughnuts for every meal. However, if this device became mainstream, it could be a HUGE enabler of binge eating and unhealthy habits that landed most obese people in their current weight situation.
Online natural weight loss guru, John David Glaude, chimed in and said that the device was basically just FDA-approved bulimia.
Several doctors and health experts strongly feel the device MAY cause weight loss, but does not encourage the building of lifelong healthy habits that would maintain the weight loss.
Glaude himself lost 190 pounds (in just over a year!) and can relate to the pressure put on obese people to buy into a quick-fix or a weight loss surgery.
In his video about AspireAssist, Glaude talks about the complications that come after a weight loss surgery. He mentions how the maintenance post-surgery requires more effort than losing weight naturally through diet and exercise.
Even though it's FDA-approved, the pump has already started experiencing problems.
Mainly, large chunks of food that aren't completely chewed up. In this case, the pieces cannot fit through the port to be expelled. Future problems may include serious infections or the ports getting stuck or falling out.
On average, the AspireAssist helped trial participants lose 12% of their body weight over the course of a year.
Think about it. If you're 300 pounds, 12% of your body weight is only like 36 pounds. There are literally people who have made one small change, like walking everyday or drinking more water, and lost twice as much or more in that amount of time. That's WAY easier than getting a surgery and basically throwing up all the time.
While the Aspire Assist is FDA-approved, that doesn't mean it should be a go-to weight loss option.
Obviously, if you're trying to lose weight, consult your doctor and figure out what's right for you. Don't settle for a gross surgery when you can manifest your own destiny.