While appetite suppression is real, skipping meals risks nutrient deficiencies, muscle loss, and fatigue
Zablotowicz RM et al
The study was funded in part by US NIH/NIAID R33AI127635 to F.A., P.A.P., G.R.T
Every episode of nausea that makes you skip a meal, every bout of vomiting that eliminates nutrients before absorption, every day of reduced appetite where you barely eat, these all create cumulative nutritional gaps that supplements can help fill
Similarly, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass reconfigures bile-acid pool composition and amplifies incretin secretion, effects that converge to attenuate insulin resistance and normalize postprandial glycaemic excursions in diabetic rodents (32)
There were no significant changes in the secondary outcome variables: nutritional status, body composition, and cognitive using Friedman test