A woman says she lost a significant amount of weight after undergoing a minimally-invasive procedure.
In an interview with Good Morning America on Thursday, May 9, Brooke Nelson shared that she’s lost 60 pounds since participating in a new clinical trial after weighing in at more than 200 pounds prior.
“The constant just wanting of food has drastically decreased,” she told the outlet. “There’s still moments where I want a chocolate chip cookie, but there’s a lot more moments when I find myself wanting something like greens.”
Dr. Christopher McGowan also spoke with GMA about the procedure, called endoscopic ablation, which reportedly targets ghrelin, also known as the “hunger hormone.”
During the procedure, a camera is inserted into a patient’s stomach as fluids are administered. This aids in protecting the underlying stomach tissue.
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