Another option is now available for patients wanting to access BC surgery alternatives to treat their obesity. Since March of this Year, the Victoria Surgery Clinic (privately operated) has completed 5 Lap Band/MIDBAND surgeries in their clinic. Victoria Surgery Clinic has a long history of being a premium provider of privately paid surgeries. Founded in [...]
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Weight Loss Surgery Restores Sexual Function in Women
Sex and obesity. The two words together conjure up visions of impossibilities, like mom and dad or worse, grandma and grandpa doing the “deed”. Well guess what? Mom and dad do have sex. So do grandma and grandpa, so it should come as no surprise that physical intimacy is just as important for morbidly obese [...]
Weight Loss Surgery Improves Mental Health
We all know that obesity is often co-associated with self -image challenges that frequently result in depression, anxiety and quality of life challenges. At The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, Dr Andrew Johnson presented a study showing that extremely obese adults after receiving weight loss surgery demonstrate not only better physical health [...]
Roux-en-Y Surgery Boosts Insulin Sensitivity for Type 2 Diabetes more than Traditional Diet Treatments
Finally the facts speak for themselves. A recent research study has proven that gastric bypass surgery (Roux-en-Y) significantly increases insulin sensitivity for obese adult Type 2 diabetics over traditional diet options. In fact – 100% of the study population who received gastric bypass surgery, completely eliminated their Type 2 diabetic medications. This means that their [...]
Artificial Sweetener vs. Sugar – The Choice is Yours
The WHO (World Health Organization) recommends no more than 10% of your total daily energy should come from added sugar. Based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet, you should not exceed 12 teaspoons of sugar daily. To gauge how much sugar is in a serving, divide the grams by 4. I.E. – 4 grams of [...]
Obesity – Prevention or Treatment
Almost every province and state across North America is struggling with this exact question. In fact for western and developed nations, it’s a worldwide problem. Even in counties like India which has in very recent years made dramatic strides both sociologically and economically. They too are experiencing sky rocketing levels of obesity. It seems that [...]
How Good is Wikipedia for Health Related Issues?
I’m a fan of Wikipedia. I go there often for all kinds of information including health and medical knowledge. So I was deeply interested in a recent study about the relevance of information on Wikipedia. Often we read that info on the Internet, including Wikipedia should be considered with disdain. “It’s not worth the a [...]
Exercise and WLS lifestyle
My experience with exercise and fitness is from being a couch potato for years and years who tried to get off the couch and do something about my own weight by form an exercise group for Big Guys. For three years I worked intensively with trainers and fitness instructors in a program for overweight men. [...]
4 Kidney Stone Prevention Techniques
Wouldn’t it be nice to know if there were ways to significantly lower your chances of kidney stones? You might just be getting older and you know that many people get kidney stones in mid-life. If you’re obese you chances double, or if you’re serious about gastric bypass weight loss surgery, you probably already know [...]
