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6 Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet
The vegan diet has become a popular form of eating in more recent years. With celebrities and influencers touting the health benefits of a vegan diet, you may be curious about what it means to be vega...
How Eating Too Fast Can Make You Gain Weight after Bariatric Surgery
Eating too fast can make you gain weight after bariatric surgery and can be bad for your overall health. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle after surgery is not just about how much you eat, but the paceÂ...
Nervous About Your Gastroenterology Appointment? 3 Things to Expect
Before weight loss surgery, most bariatric surgeons will require their patients to have an upper endoscopy with a gastroenterologist to review the anatomy of their stomach and esophagus. A gastroenter...
Wondering How Much to Eat After Bariatric Surgery?
Understanding how much to eat after bariatric surgery depends on many factors. However, one piece of advice given to anyone who goes through weight loss surgery is to eat protein. Protein is a huge pa...
Drinking After Weight Loss Surgery
Today we’re going to talk about drinking after weight loss surgery and some of the negative impacts alcohol can have on weight loss surgery and your post-op care. Alcoholism has its own set of issu...
3 Must-Have Ingredients for Eating After Bariatric Surgery
Eating after bariatric surgery has many different components, so truthfully, there is no perfect plan for everyone to lose weight. There are many diets and programs for weight loss, and of course, our...
What’s Important At Your 1st Bariatric Physical Therapy Appointment
Bariatric physical therapy is crucial to the whole process of weight loss surgery. Research shows that patients who undergo bariatric surgery need a consistent source of physical activity counseling...
How the Gastric Sleeve Helps You Lose a Lot of Weight
I have many patients come to me, and they say they feel as though the gastric sleeve is right for them based on their weight loss goals. When I ask the patient what they think the gastric sleeve is, I...
How to Lose 100+ Pounds and Keep it Off
When you need to lose 100+ pounds, getting started on a weight loss plan can be daunting. Most of our patients tell us that the weight gain happened over a period of several years, but it is one trigg...