The Feeding Tube Diet Video. Transcript for The Feeding Tube Diet. We've all heard of going to extremes to lose weight, but a technique that came along this year was maybe one of the most extreme we have ever witnessed. And the pictures tell the whole story. Here's dan harris. Reporter: It is the extreme diets that got everybody talking. KE diet also known as Feeding Tube Diet is a fad diet in which an individual feeds a proprietary mixture through a feeding tube for a specific number of days. Wait till you see this. It is so disturbing. The diet that involved inserting a feeding untoo, the same procedure used to keep patients in a coma alive. Had did nuts. You feel like gagging. I couldn't watch that. I was like this the whole time. She saw the whole uproar and decided she wanted to try this diet. Can I give you my first impression? It looks incredibly uncomfortable. After three surgery she put on 3. Even her own daughter was candid about it. ![]() You're really fat. When you first heard about this diet a feeding tube down into your belly, were you repulsed? I was repulsed a bit, but i wanted to know more. Reporter: Saavick linder, a chronic dieter, couldn't wait to try it, especially after the doctor told her she'd be back to work the same day. People's first reaction when they see me on the street is, . Oliver Di. PIETRO, AN INTERNIST IN Florida, is the only doctor in america who offers what's called the ke or feeding tube diet. When you first see someone with a feeding tube, it looks extreme. Well, I don't think the feeding tube diet is an extreme diet. Feeding tubes are very positive things. ![]() ![]() Reporter: The patients we spoke to say the procedure is painless. You just place this in the nose and I'm going to move it slowly. Ut still, it is hard to WATCH AS DR. Di. PIETRO Demonstrates on his wife. Her nose, by the way, is anesthetized. Swallow, swallow. Reporter: Once the tube is in, it's connected to a pump which sends fluid from this bag into the stomach 2. When the so-called “feeding tube diet” debuted in a Miami doctor’s office two years ago, many saw it as a “crazy” gimmick sure to go the way of the ThighMaster. The Doctors are joined by internal medicine specialist Dr. Oliver Di Pietro, founder of the K-E Diet — also known as the “Feeding Tube Diet” — a controversial. The Feeding Tube Diet Part 1. The Doctors and internal medicine specialist Dr. Oliver Di Pietro debate the pros and cons of a controversial weight loss plan. The exact composition is a trade secret, but it is basically protein, certain fats and vitamins. The patients get 8. That sends them into a state called ketosis where the body literally eats its own fat and some muscle for fuel. The patients have to keep the pump and the formula with them at all times. Lanell carries hers in a designer handbag. Saavviik has hers on her shoulder. ![]() Today I am on my eighth day, and as you can see, I am here at work. And I'm fine. Reporter: She's already lost 1. This is paolo commetto's second go round. Turn on your side. Reporter: Earlier this year he lost 2. That's punishment. Just days after the tube goes in, he's grocery shopping with his wife. The first day is the toughest. Yeah, you're really hungry because you just started the diet but now - - you're not really hungry at all. Not really hungry. ![]() Just a mental thing, the smell. We're going to order. She's going to eat what i would want. Later it's dinner with family and friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now one North Dakota doctor. Home Gastrostomy Tube Feeding. Use a ruler to measure the length from the stoma site to the end of the feeding tube. Call your doctor if you see no stomach. You're not eating. I am eating. This is my food. You see my food. The only time patients are allowed to disconnect the pump is ten minutes a day for bathing. They wear it to bed too. For this you pay $1. The ads say you'll lose 2. When the feeding tube diet got its first burst of exposure this past april, some in the medical community including dr. David cass from yale university reacted with disgust and disapproval. You've usedwoushds like nonsense and appalling. There isn't the hope this would produce a lasting benefit. So this is in your view a moneymaking scheme. I think it's exploitation. I think on the part of the patients desperation breeds gullibility. I think, frankly, relying on a feeding tube is not all that different from relying on fingers down your throat to induce vomiting. It's the same kind of dysfunctional response to the whole relationship with food. It's unhealthy. Reporter: Now dr. Dipietro is responding to the criticism for the first time. He argues this is not some quick weight loss solution for brides, as was suggested in some of the initial media reports, but instead a serious new weapon in america's war on obesity. His point is that you are exploiting people's emotion and fear and despair over inability to lose weight for your own gain. What I would say to dr. Katz is I'm just offering the patients something that is safe and effective. It's been brought from europe. This is not something new. It's been around since 2. So you can't call this exploitation. Di. PIETRO'S OWN WIFE, WHO IS Italian. At first I was totally against it. I thought it was baloney. Then the doctor tried it himself, and he lost 1. He was a convert. And he points to study results released this past may by the italian doctor who created the diet showing that 1. This is evidence- based medicine. This is not voodoo medicine. This is not a fad. Reporter: Dr. Katz has reviewed the study, and he is utterly unconvinced. He points out it hasn't been vetted or published in a reputable journal. I have never seen methods used in this paper. It doesn't really rise to the standards of scientific evidence in 2. Reporter: For lanell, who is planning on buying a new bikini and - - I'm in a skirt that I haven't been in for over three years. And bringing all of her older smaller clothing out of storage. I HAVE ALL MY SIZE 2s AND 4s Back in place. For her this debate is quite literally academic. This dress I haven't been able to fit in for four years. Absolutely in shock. Reporter: The knock on the diet is it's a gimmick - - no. Reporter: It won't last. Reporter: Are you confident, when tbe gets taken out today, that you'll be able to keep this weight off? A person who would do this for ten days, it's - - it's a commitment. I think you finally have the mind- set that you're ready to do it and you're doing it 1. Let me check your weight. Okay, great. Reporter: Now it's time for the final weigh- in. How are you? Reporter: And then good- bye to the feeding tube. Blow your nose. Back at home, she cleans out her closet. And even though some doctors would advise her not to throw out those clothes, that she's likely to just put that weight back on, she is, for now, just reveling in her new, skinnier frame. You want that? Give me a hug. Next - - these celebs tattooed for love. These everyday people did it for money to become human billboards. You've got a problem, boy. I hope they paid you well. But how much will it cost to take them off? Now one North Dakota doctor said his research proves the diet could be the answer for patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. In the Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition diet (KE), a feeding tube with an electric pump is inserted through the nose and into the esophagus. A nutritional solution is administered through the tube 2. While on the diet, individuals cannot eat anything and may only drink water, tea or black coffee. This process lasts a number of days under doctor supervision. Dr. Spencer Berry, medical director of Medical Weight Loss Specialists in Fargo, North Dakota, told Fox. News. com that the diet safely produces dramatic weight loss in a very short period of time.“The KE diet provides only proteins, fats and micronutrients and no carbohydrates or sugars, so your body goes into a state of deep nutritional ketosis and burns its own fat,” he said. Berry recently conducted a study of 1. KE diet could combat the disease.“Weight loss is known to be the most effective way to increase insulin sensitivity and thus decrease the amount of insulin the body requires,” he said. This is where the KE diet has tremendous value.”Berry and his team put patients on the KE diet for 1. By the end of the trial, patients lost between 6 and 6. In addition to weight loss, data showed all patients had improved blood sugar control and were able to eliminate taking diabetic medications or drastically reduce their dosage.“Patients greatly reduce their need for insulin and may be able to discontinue it all together,” he said. We continue to gather data.”Preliminary findings were presented at the national meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) in Austin, Texas. Although the study results were positive, not everyone in the medical community is convinced the diet can be a long- term solution for the nearly 3. Americans suffering from diabetes. Dr. Maria Pena, director of the Center for Weight Management at North Shore- LIJ's Syosset Hospital in Syosset, New York told Fox. News. com that even though radical diets can improve metabolic profiles like cholesterol levels and diabetes, maintaining results with this method is unrealistic.“In general, all diets that significantly reduce caloric intake to about less than 8. Pena said. Plus using a feeding tube for a prolonged period of time can increase a person’s risk of infections,” she said. Berry said he strongly believes that in order for the KE diet to work for diabetes patients, it needs to be utilized properly.“When used appropriately as a nutritional bridge in an ongoing treatment regimen and weight loss plan with follow up and continuity of care, the KE diet represents an innovative and very effective approach to a very serious health issue,” he said.
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