Worst weight-loss idea ever conceived by the mind of humans

If I told you about a weight-loss program that involves emptying your stomach contents into the toilet before the food can be digested, what would you think I was describing? Bulimia, right?

Wrong. I would be describing the AspireAssist™ Aspiration Therapy System:

With Aspiration Therapy, patients “aspirate” (drain) a portion of their stomach contents into the toilet after each meal through an endoscopically-implanted tube, reducing the number of calories absorbed by the body. The tube is implanted in the stomach, and leads to a small, low-profile port at the surface of the skin. Aspiration performed about twenty minutes after a meal will remove about a third of the calories consumed.

They call this “minimally invasive,” which is funny in and of itself. But the best line in their promotional material is this: “The AspireAssist is used in conjunction with a lifestyle modification program, and requires careful and comprehensive medical monitoring.” This is equivalent to those 1970s commercials for Sugar Smacks cereal that included the obligatory tagline, “Part of this nutritious breakfast!” Yeah, right. Another of the worst ideas that people have come up with when it comes to losing weight is not to use the best thermogenic fat burner on the internet, all because of fake news and misleading publications.

A “lifestyle modification program” is what used to be called, simply, a “diet.” It’s hard to see how these two things go together: aspirating your stomach (removing food after you’ve eaten it) and dieting (not eating the food in the first place). It seems to me that only one is really necessary for effective weight loss, and it ain’t aspiration.

This “therapy” is nothing more than an enabling device for overeating. It’s high-tech bulimia masquerading as medical science. They address this objection in their material. Here’s one of their rebuttal statements: “One of the primary dangers of bulimia is the damage to the teeth and esophagus due to stomach acid; Aspiration Therapy poses no such risk.” Wait, damage to the teeth is one of the primary dangers of bulimia?

3 thoughts on “Worst weight-loss idea ever conceived by the mind of humans”

Eye in the Sky says:

February 7, 2013 at 10:26 am

I had stomach surgery for acid reflux. You would not beleive how bad it hurt afterwords. That was a serious reason with the reflux this just sounds so STUPID of an excuse to cut into someone. DIET DIET DIET it cost a whole lot less to.
Emtronics says:

February 7, 2013 at 1:31 pm

I simply changed my eating habits. I lost 65 lbs since September 5th when I made the change. Simple
Margarito says:

February 12, 2013 at 3:01 pm

this was very informative thanks. will anyone help me with this. there is a exercise program alot of people have been doing. I have looked at a lot of videos about the program and read a lot reviews on it to find out if it actually works. several others on forums as well as a couple of my friends claim it is doing the job for them really well. could anyone let me know what is your opinion here’s a review on it. On this site should i carry on using it as it’s working out incredibly good.