Malabsorption Question

I know that we malabsorb our nutrients but do we also malabsorb calories. I mean if I eat something that has 300 calories am I only really getting about 150?  Does anyone know? Cathie

Yes... but it's definitely not 50% like your example.  It is probably more like 20% to 30%.  At least it's that amount at the beginning.  The malabsorption of calories ends eventually.  Your body begins to adjust its anatomy almost immediately after surgery.  Your remaining intestines begin to grow additional cillia -- which is the finger-like tentacles within your intestine that grabs nutrients as food passes by.  So your body becomes more efficient as it tries to figure out how to compensate for the surgery we put it through.  It might take a several months or a couple years before your body is back to absorbing all of the calories you eat.  So because of this, I assume my body absorbs every single calorie I eat.  However, the location that nutrients are absorbed has been bypassed and that never "grows" back and the body can't compensate for that.  That's why we sitll need to take vitamins forever.  I have a diagram in my OH Profile that shows where different nutrients are absorbed in a normal digestive system.  It really helped me understand how my body works and why certain vitamins and supplements are so important. Pam

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