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May
Overcoming Anxiety Before Weight Loss Surgery
Even when undergoing a procedure already tried out through and through like the Gastric Sleeve or the Gastric Plication, some patients arrive with a nervous and anxious look in their faces. Even in today's age where information is at our fingertips in our cell pho...
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May
Avoid Soft Drinks and Soda After Bariatric Surgery
After bariatric surgery the calcium requirements, as well as other nutrient needs, are increased. Phosphoric acid which is a common ingredient in sodas and other drinks, increases calcium excretion…from your bones! It is considered a “kidnapper” of calcium, thu...
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May
Breathing: The Key to a Quick Recovery after Bariatric Surgery
When patients visit our center, they come in with an assorted amount of information prior to surgery, but they often forget one simple tool for recovery that's as easy as breathing.Meet the spirometerIt’s easy to use because, that’s all you do! Breathe! Most p...
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May
Smoking Before Bariatric Surgery… Can I?
People are often nervous before surgery, so quitting smoking might be the last thing on their minds. Even thinking about quitting might be stressful. However, people who smoke frequently have complications after surgery, particularly with wound healing. It is essential that patie...
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May
Restrict Caffeine After Bariatric Surgery
People who are morbidly obese may choose bariatric surgery as a means to lose excess weight. Surgical approaches for weight loss surgery include gastric bypass, Roux-en-Y, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding or a gastric sleeve surgery. Each type of surgery poses special diet...
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May
How to Avoid Gastric Sleeve Failure After Your Weight Loss Surgery
Research suggests 20-30% of patients either do not achieve their weight loss goals or regain weight after bariatric surgery.How can you make sure you are not included in this stats? You´ll first need to follow a diet and exercise as recommended by an expert on gastric slee...
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May
Do I Really Need to Lose Weight Before Weight Loss Surgery?
Losing weight is very frustrating, and it gets even worse when a weight loss surgeon asked to lose weight before a weight loss surgery. So, what's the point?A successful weight loss surgery starts with preparing your body for surgery. By losing the prescribed weight prior t...
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May
Gastric Sleeve Surgery, Walk to Recovery
Patients that resume walking as soon as possible after weight loss surgery have shown a much better recovery process the first day, than those who delay in doing so. Given the fact that walking helps patients eliminate the effects of the narcotics used in anesthesia, and also in...
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May
Obesity Control Center: A Nation’s Challenge to for Weight Loss.
Few Mexican doctors have appeared in United States media as much as Ariel Ortiz, director of a Tijuana Hospital named Obesity Control Center (OCC), which has over a decade track record of successfully treating patients from the United States seeking weight-loss su...
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May
Obesity Control Center and Dr Ariel Ortiz Awarded Center of Excellence Designation by the U.S.A.
RALEIGH, NC - Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) announced the first centers in Mexico to achieve the center of excellence designation. The Obesity Control Center in Tijuana successfully completed a rigorous review process to ensure compliance with the requi...
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