I posed a question on my Facebook I Told You I Was Sick page a few weeks back asking if anybody would consider surgery for weight loss. A fan of the page, Betheny Zupin, a 47-year-old Michigan native, answered saying she already had tried it and regretted it. It gave me the idea to ask ...
You may already know that gastric patients need to take vitamin and mineral supplements because they do not absorb nutrients normally after their operations. But with so many multivitamins on the market, which ones are adequate and which ones should be avoided? The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has issued specific guidelines ...
Mention gastric bypass surgery in a group and someone will probably tell you that he knows someone that had that surgery and gained all the weight back. The truth is that while weight regain is possible after gastric bypass surgery, people that have surgery are much more likely to maintain their weight loss than people ...
Many people considering weight loss surgery are confused about which surgery is best for them. With lap band surgery, a plastic band is placed around the stomach. The band is then filled with saline solution. This provides restriction, limiting the amount of food you can eat at one time, thereby causing you to lose weight. ...
Numerous companies market vitamins to gastric bypass patients, including chewable multivitamins. Not all of these vitamins are created equal, though, and some are not really suitable for gastric bypass patients at all. But how can you tell the difference? Well, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has issued specific guidelines for bariatric ...
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