It’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 of fat. To do otherwise will probably result in “Dumping” as well as setting up the patient for using weight gaining foods. Read the rest of this post
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New Survey Shows – Bariatric Patients Are Happier & Healthier
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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. Read the rest of this post
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Jun 22, 2009
Vitamin D – Info For WLS Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y (RNY) Post-ops
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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, or it can be obtained from the diet. Vitamin D2 is less effective in humans especial Post-op WLS patients. After surgery the only way for post-ops to receive adequate amounts of vitamin D3 is via diet and vitamin supplements which must be taken for the rest of a post-op’s life.. Read the rest of this post
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Jun 8, 2009
Vitamin B12 – Info For WLS Gastric Bypass Post-ops
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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 the body can utilize. The small remaining portion of the stomach left after gastric bypass produces much less acid. When you combine this with acid reducing medications that gastric bypass post-ops must take for the rest of their lives it results in significantly less B12 absorption after surgery. To maintain appropriate levels of B12, gastric bypass post-ops MUST supplement B12 for the rest of their lives.
Latter in this article we will describe signs and symptoms of B12 deficiency. What is critical for gastric bypass post-ops is to understand that damage resulting from B12 deficiency is often irreversible even after vitamin B12 levels in the body have been restored. Read the rest of this post
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May 11, 2009
Your Calcium Requirements After WLS
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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 at one time; therefore, you will probably have to take Calcium a minimum of twice a day. Calcium supplements must contain Calcium Citrate which is a form of Calcium that can be absorbed without the requirement of stomach acids. Read the rest of this post
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May 9, 2009
