Tips for Bariatric-Friendly Restaurants
For most people who are on a diet or have undergone Mexico bariatric surgery, it’s easy to eat at home where you have control over your meals. As you go through the diet progression stages after bariatric surgery, eating at a restaurant should not be ruled out. After transitioning from liquid food to solid food, the […]
How is Type 2 Diabetes Treated with Gastric Bypass Surgery?
Most people who are obese are at high risk of developing diabetes, more so if they have excess weight around their stomach. This is because the extra abdominal fat makes the body less sensitive to insulin. Insulin resistance is a major cause of type 2 diabetes. Without the intervention of a change in dietary choices […]
How To Keep Muscle And Gain Strength After Gastric Sleeve
After undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in Tijuana Mexico, one of the key benefits you will reap will be weight loss that cannot be achieved through dieting and exercising. The weight lost will not only be body fat, you will also lose some lean body mass or muscle. Most postoperative patients struggle in building muscle. This […]
How To Manage Your Self-Esteem after Bariatric Surgery
Obesity impacts an individual’s self-perception and self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as the belief one has about themselves as being worthy of being loved and admired. It is being able to appreciate yourself for who you are and valuing all that you’re good at. As humans, we have a tendency to only focus on the negative […]
5 Ways a Mini-Gastric Bypass Reduces Obesity
Obesity leads to heart disease since it affects the functioning of the heart through cardiac remodeling. The heart is no longer able to function normally which increases the risk of one suffering from heart failure and death in more severe cases. The extra weight forces the heart to work more than it should as it […]
7 Reasons you May Not Lose Weight Immediately after Weight Loss Surgery
Bariatric procedures are meant to help individuals struggling with obesity to be able to lose weight, especially in cases where other weight loss methods have failed. Even though surgery has proven to be successful for most people, some still struggle to lose weight. Here are 7 reasons why you may not lose weight immediately after […]
Why Vitamin B12 is Important after Bariatric Surgery
One of the side effects that a person experiences after bariatric surgery is the body’s inability to absorb vitamin B12 also known as cobalamin. In order for vitamin B12 to be absorbed by the body, it requires a mucoprotein enzyme called intrinsic factor. Even though the absorption takes place in the mouth, the intrinsic factor […]
Bariatric Surgery Boosts Life Expectancy, Long-Term Data Shows
Obesity has quickly become a major global health concern as a result of its Ob doubling prevalence, especially among adults. At the same time, it also increases an individual susceptibility to disease which in turn affects the individual’s mortality. Most of the diseases like heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer that impact a […]
How To Prevent & Reverse Hair Loss After Bariatric Surgery
Hair loss is not something most people think about when considering weight loss surgery. However, it is a potential side effect, and there are a plethora of reasons why this could be. If you’re dealing with post weight loss surgery hair loss, don’t fret. You need to first understand that it IS temporary and that […]
Tips for Eating Out After Bariatric Surgery
Deciding to get bariatric surgery can be anxiety-inducing. There’s the surgery, the recovery, the post-op diet, and the rapid weight loss that comes with it. But, one of the biggest fears that people have is that they won’t be able to do the things they used to, like eat at restaurants. Restaurant food is often […]