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The Link Between Obesity and Hypertension
There is a strong link between obesity and hypertension. Many studies have related obesity and hypertension, placing patients at an increased risk of long-term health effects. Essential hypertensi...
Donating Blood After Weight Loss Surgery
Donating blood is a great way to support sick people who need a blood transfusion. If you donated blood before having bariatric surgery, you might be wondering if you can continue donating blood after...
How Social Media Diet Culture Is Affecting Bariatric Patients
As the most prominent communication and information-sharing platform, social media greatly influences the diet culture, sometimes sharing unrealistic weight loss expectations. Social media diet cultur...
Why Taking Bariatric Vitamins is Important after Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric vitamins are required for all post-op bariatric patients to prevent vitamin deficiencies. All weight loss surgery procedures cause a restrictive effect, meaning your stomach pouch size is sm...
5 Ways to Find Confidence after Bariatric Surgery
Finding confidence after bariatric surgery isn’t hard in the first few months post-operatively. One of the many benefits of bariatric surgery is the confidence you will gain after losing weight. The...
5 Tips to Better Manage Portion Control after Bariatric Surgery
Portion control after bariatric surgery is a word that is frequently heard in the weight loss industry. Like any doctor or nutritionist will tell you, you cannot successfully lose weight without limit...
Bariatric Surgery Recovery Process
Weight loss surgery is an invasive procedure that requires a recovery period. However, it may not be as extensive as you think. In this blog, we will discuss what to expect from the bariatric surgery ...
4 Hormonal Consequences of Bariatric Surgery
Hormones play a significant role in every bodily function including how you respond to stress on the body, causing many hormonal consequences of bariatric surgery. Hormones are chemical messengers tha...
The Hormonal Nature of Obesity
With more than half of society considered obese and roughly 20% in a weight range that would qualify them for weight loss surgery, much attention has been focused on treating obesity more as a medical...