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	<title>WL&#38;S Support &#187; Post-ops</title>
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	<description>Helping People Lose Weight Via Traditional &#38; Surgery Alternatives</description>
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		<title>Breakfast of Champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bariatric surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Did You Have For Breakfast Today? What does breakfast look like for a weight loss surgery (Roux-en-Y) Post-op 5 years after their surgery? I can suggest that it looks pretty normal. You can see for yourself in the attached picture. Looks pretty straight forward. Cereal, banana and coffee. There are probably 10&#8242;s of thousands <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/breakfast-of-champions-2318/#more-2318'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tummy Tuck &amp; Breast Lift Journal &#8211; The Real Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we get to the plastic surgery part, let me fill you in on how I got to a point in my life that plastic surgery became necessary. So, 2 years, 8 months after weight loss surgery, my life has changed big time!  I am an exercise freak now.  Who&#8217;d of thought I’d ever join <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/tummy-tuck-breast-lift-journal-the-real-story-1668/#more-1668'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Eat, Eat, Eat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behaviour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Ron Merk This has been a tough article for me to write. I&#8217;ve made a dozen starts and each time it just didn&#8217;t read the way I felt inside. If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve fought being overweight most of your life. Frankly in my case, I failed miserably. Every year I put more pounds <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/why-do-we-eat-eat-eat-689/#more-689'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin D &#8211; Sunlight and Tanning Beds</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-d-sunlight-and-tanning-beds-618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source Newswise — To help the general public better understand the relationship between vitamin D and the sun, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has issued a position statement on vitamin D, sun protection and skin cancer prevention. The Council recommends that vitamin D be obtained from a combination of dietary sources and supplements <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-d-sunlight-and-tanning-beds-618/#more-618'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>WLS Improves Sexual Function In Men</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/wls-improves-sexual-function-in-men-570/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study. &#8220;Sexual dysfunction should be considered one of the numerous potentially reversible complications of obesity,&#8221; the study team concludes. Dr. Ramsey M. Dallal, from Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, and colleagues measured <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/wls-improves-sexual-function-in-men-570/#more-570'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Food Labels &#8211; WLS Pre &amp; Post-Ops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s pretty important for everyone considering or who has had WLS to read food labels. Pre-Ops should be choosing foods using the Rule of 5 so they are prepared for picking the right foods after surgery. Post-ops need to always choose foods that have 5 or less grams of sugar and 5 or less grams <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/reading-food-labels-wls-pre-post-ops-563/#more-563'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Survey Shows &#8211; Bariatric Patients Are Happier &amp; Healthier</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/new-survey-shows-bariatric-patients-are-happier-healthier-551/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study out of Canada finds that post-operative weight loss surgery patients are happier and healthier after bariatric surgery than they were prior. The Weight Loss Benefits survey for bariatric surgery patients examined the outcomes of 386 post-operative patients from across the Great White North. Demographically, the participants in the survey were between 21 <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/new-survey-shows-bariatric-patients-are-happier-healthier-551/#more-551'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin D &#8211; Info For WLS Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y (RNY) Post-ops</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-d-info-for-wls-gastric-bypass-roux-en-y-rny-post-ops-447/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastric Bypass]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roux-n-y]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vitamin D Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for maintaining normal calcium metabolism Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is the most important of the Vitamin D group and is the only Vitamin D recommended for WLS Post-ops. It can be synthesized by humans in the skin upon exposure to ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation from sunlight, <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-d-info-for-wls-gastric-bypass-roux-en-y-rny-post-ops-447/#more-447'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin B12 &#8211; Info For WLS Gastric Bypass Post-ops</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-b12-info-for-wls-gastric-bypass-post-ops-302/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-b12-info-for-wls-gastric-bypass-post-ops-302/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastric Bypass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 supplement is crucial for gastric bypass post-ops because this vitamin is normally absorbed in the stomach and the 1st part of the small intestine. Gastric bypass surgery removes a majority of the body’s B12 absorption system. In addition stomach acid is a major factor in converting B12 into a form that <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/vitamin-b12-info-for-wls-gastric-bypass-post-ops-302/#more-302'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Calcium Requirements After WLS</title>
		<link>http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/your-calcium-requirements-after-wls-285/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 04:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Merk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WLS Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calcium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gastric Bypass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Calcium Requirements After WLS Calcium is one of the major supplements that all bariatric centers of excellence require their post-ops to take for life. We’re going to take a look at why it’s so important for us. Recommendations for WLS Post-ops of Calcium supplementation is approx. 1200-1500 mg daily. Your body can absorb 500-600mg <a href="http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/your-calcium-requirements-after-wls-285/#more-285'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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