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Sep
Can I Have Alcohol After Bariatric Surgery?
Weight loss and alcoholPatients after undergoing bariatric surgery have various dietary restrictions and limitations, but one point that is often overlooked is whether patients can or cannot drink alcohol. Alcohol consumption, either in small or big amounts, takes commonplace in t...
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Sep
Safety in Bariatric Surgery
Most people with obesity don't seek surgical help. Although there is a lot of information regarding obesity, which clearly shows the great health benefits that surgical procedures offer for weight reduction or bariatric, most people with this illness don’t request thes...
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Sep
I Just Had Bariatric Surgery. Can I Exercise Right Away?
Bariatric Surgery and ExercisePatients that undergo, either a Gastric Sleeve or a Gastric Plication, are encouraged to start an exercise routine in order to accomplish their weight loss goals. But what exercises are safe and when can they start them? The best recomm...
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Bariatric Surgery vs. Weight Loss Medication
Bariatric surgery vs. weight loss medicationIn the last years we've witnessed the approval of new drugs to treat obesity, how effective are they? Are they safe? Are they better than surgery? Medication weight lossThe average weight loss with medication is of 5-10% of the ini...
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Sep
Eliminate Intra-abdominal CO2 after Gastric Sleeve Surgery
A key element of Gastric Sleeve Surgery is the use of CO2 to “inflate” your abdominal cavity in order to have room to comfortably perform the procedure, but after surgery is over, there's some remaining CO2 inside. What can you expect from it? The main complain...
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Best Sources of Protein for Weight Loss Surgery Patients
Patients who have gastric sleeve surgery need to emphasize protein intake above any other food sources. Protein needs range from a minimum of 60g/day during the early post-surgical days to about 100g /day at a year from surgery. How can you know you are taking enough? Immediately...
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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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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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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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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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