Super Shot Reduces Body Weight by 25% in a Single Week

Gastric bypass surgery is perhaps the closest answer we presently have to a cure for obesity. Is weight loss surgery going to be replaced in the future by an injection? It would certainly be marvelous if a “super shot” would truly enable us to rapidly lose and control our weight and “cure” diabetes.
Researchers at Indiana [...]

Acid Reflux Disease – GERD and Weight Loss Surgery

While you do not need to be overweight to have GERD often referred to a acid reflux it is quite common in the overweight person. Following weight loss surgery acid reflux is no longer a problem in many weight loss surgery patients.

Weight Loss Success Comes in Many Forms

This story of weight loss success was shared with us. While this person was not a weight loss surgery patient their attitude is applicable to all of us.  Traditional dieter, gastric band patient, gastric bypass patient it really makes little difference. I hope you get as much out of this readers success story as I [...]

Thiamine Deficiency After Bariatric Surgery

Thiamine (also thiamin or vitamin B-1) is part of the B complex vitamins. It was the very first compound identified as a vitamin, and thus retains its historical numerical place in the B vitamin family. Thiamine is found in a broad range of foods from grains and nuts to pork and beans. [...]

Dumping Syndrome a Very Unpleasant Experience

It has been almost 6 months since my laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. To my great pleasure I had never experienced dumping syndrome. Dumping syndrome is an extremely unpleasant experience that most gastric bypass surgery patients will experience. Last night it finally happened! About 10 pm I was watching television and this bag of Fritos [...]

Importance of Protein in Diet

Following gastric bypass surgery adequate protein is important to promote wound healing and to prevent deficiencies. Protein is a primary building block of every cell and tissue in the body. The body cannot produce protein so it is up to the weight loss surgery patient to provide for it through their diet. In the beginning [...]

Lap Bands – What You Need To Know

If you are wondering how lap band surgery works, then you are probably not alone. It is a procedure that has gained in popularity over recent years and the lap band success ratio is quite high. If you are significantly overweight, then this may be just the procedure that you are looking for. But, as [...]

Important Facts About Gastric Lap Band Surgery

Weight loss surgery options are available to those who are significantly overweight. If you find that you are obese and simply cannot lose the weight with a standard diet and exercise program, then it may be time to consider your options. There are many surgeries that are now available, such as the Duodenal Switch surgery [...]

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