Posts belonging to Category 'Bariatric News'

Avoid Fat Soluble Vitamin Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Dr. Stephen Bittiker noticed that post gastric bypass patients develop a deficiency in fat soluble vitamins. Vitamins with lecithin can help this along with Vitamins A, D, E, and K. They are fat soluble. He also recommends taking a digestive enzyme suited for bariatric patients. 

What is Weight Loss Plastic Surgery? | Facial Plastic Surgery

Patients who choose to have weight loss surgery when nothing else helps them lose weight have some different types of surgery to consider. Lap Band Surgery makes the stomach smaller and leads to restriction of food intake. Surgical malabsorption reduces the intestine to reduce absorption of calories from food eaten. Gastric bypass surgery combines the restrictive and malabsorption surgery by a small stomach pouch to limit the amount of food you eat.

Is Your Gastric Bypass Making You Malnourished?

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Gastric Bypass Complications

Post Surgery: Chronic protein and nutritional deficiencies. It can be difficult to make sure you take all vitamins prescribed post surgery and to make sure you eat the right foods to guarantee your body receives the nutrition and protein it needs. With such a reduced volume of food intake, you must be careful to make the right food choices each time you eat.

Did you know that bariatric surgery can improve, prevent, and potentially even reverse type-2 diabetes?  Or that weight gain can result from having a giving, nurturing personality?  True on both counts–and we’ve got the news items to prove it!

Also in bariatric news this week: New York’s health commissioner takes on prominent obesity-causing “food” category, and research cited in an American Medical Association journal suggests that weight loss surgery may reduce the risk of cancer for women.

Bariatric Surgery May Improve Type-2 Diabetes

A new study done by researchers at UC-Davis backs up previous studies about bariatric surgery’s positive effect on Type-2 Diabetes and blood sugar levels.  The study is one of many that proves that it’s not just weight loss, but endocrine changes associated with weight loss surgery that may help reverse and prevent the condition.

The Psychology of Weight Loss (and Weight Gain)

Dr. Martin Deschner says that being overweight may have a lot to do with having a giving personality.  People who give a lot and take care of others often internalize stress, which triggers compensating behaviors such as chronic overeating.

New York Health Commissioner to Take On Soft Drinks

New York State health commissioner Dr. Richard F. Daines is going around the state pushing for a one-cent-an-ounce soda sales tax that would cut soft drink consumption by an estimated 15%.  What does this have to do with bariatric health?  Read on and find out.

Studies Show Weight Loss Surgery can Reduce Cancer Risks for Women

Studies and research in several countries suggests that gastric bypass surgery may cut risks of cancer by as much as a third–but mostly for women.

This week in Bariatric News, we have reports on why too much sugar can be dangerous (even if it’s in a low-calorie food), a quick report on how fast-food menus will be required by law to better serve weight loss surgery patients, and another quick report about how we are not “abnormal” like society often tries to make us out to be.

The Dangers of Sugar in a Bariatric Diet

After  your surgery, it’s vital that you change your eating habits to better reflect the “new you” you’ve bravely made such a huge commitment towards.  Author Gary Taubes will be explaining to the American Board of Bariatric Medicine (ABBM) and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) why certain sugars–and not fats–can be so detrimental to your bariatric diet.

New Health Care Bill to Change Fast Food Menus in a Way that Helps Bariatric Patients

We’re going to be honest here and state that we hope fast food rarely makes its way into your diet.  But when it does–whether for convenience’s sake or because it’s a (very) occasional “comfort food”–this new law will make sure you’re able to make an informed and healthy choice.

Study Shows Obesity Massively Under-diagnosed

Here is a quick article that gives statistical evidence on why you should never have to feel bad person or an outcast for being overweight.  Plenty of people are–plenty more than are commonly acknowledged.  Part of the problem is that it’s so under-acknowledged.  Hopefully, news like this will help more people realize it–and help more of us realize that we’re not alone.  It would’ve been nice to hear more of this a few years ago, to be honest.

Bariatric Surgery Supported by More Doctors Every Year

The Obesity Society–which will have its annual scientific meeting this year in San Diego–recently proclaimed bariatric surgery to be “the most effective weight-loss therapy for obesity”.  The American Society for Nutrition and even the American Diabetes Association have given gastric bypass surgery their approval, as have an increasing number of doctors over the past 10 years.

The treatment’s increasing popularity and approval could mean that more insurance companies will help pay for the surgery in the future.  Click the link above to find out more.

Robot Helps with Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery

A doctor in Baltimore is using a robot that not only makes the surgery itself easier, it also leads to less scar tissue, which means a safer weight loss surgery for patients.

“Bariatric Surgery Saved My Life”

Pam Krantz of Holly is “Miss February” in a 2010 pin-up calendar, but it’s not the kind you’d have to buy from behind the counter at the store and take home in a brown paper bag.

She was recognized for her almost 200-pound weight loss by Oakland Bariatrics, which supervised her bariatric surgery exactly three years ago to the day on Feb. 14, 2007.

Woman Safely Loses 267 lbs with Gastric Bypass Surgery

Oklahoma is the 2nd-most obese state in the union.  Read how one of Oklahoma’s “biggest losers” safely lost almost 300 pounds with bariatric surgery.

Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Milestone

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has been an option for American adults since 2001.   It is more and more often becoming an option for teens for whom normal treatments just won’t work.

This particular kind of bariatric surgery is the one chosen for obese teenagers because it is the safest and least traumatic; it is used to save the adolescents from potentially life-threatening conditions.

The Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, opened at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in 2006; they recently performed their 100th teenage gastric bypass surgery.