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ALO Bariatrics offers safe and affordable bariatric surgery in Tijuana, Mexico. We are the number one destination for American and Canadian citizens seeking inexpensive and effective weight loss surgery in Mexico. Tijuana, Mexico is located just 30 minutes away from the San Diego Airport at downtown San Diego, CA. USA. At ALO Bariatrics you are connected to Dr. Alejandro López and Dr Salvador Ramirez, world-renowned bariatric surgeons, experienced staff, modern, well equipped hospitals and the best of today’s more advanced surgical techniques. Is Bariatric Surgery in Tijuana Safe? In terms of safety, there are two considerations to make when considering bariatric surgery in Tijuana. The first is whether or not the weight loss operation itself is safe. The second is whether or not having surgery abroad is safe. The best way to eliminate safety risks is to do your research. Choose the safest bariatric surgery option for your own personal health and well-being, and then make sure that you are selecting a medical facility in Tijuana that is accredited, certified and backed by healthcare organizations such as The National Health Council in Mexico. Additionally, many hospitals and healthcare providers in Tijuana actually create partnerships with hospitals and healthcare organizations in the United […]

Obesity is an abnormal accumulation of body fat, usually 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. At ALO Bariatrics we treat obesity. Gaining weight and becoming obese or morbidly obese has created an epidemic not only in the United States, but also internationally. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 2/3 of the US population is overweight, and nearly 1/3 is obese or morbidly obese. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 to 39. Morbid obesity begins at a body mass index of 40. It has been shown that the higher the body mass index (BMI), the greater the risk for associated illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease and others. When morbidly obese individuals have one or more of the above diseases, their risk for death increases, and quality of life is severely diminished. At ALO Bariatrics, our world-class doctors evaluate patients with a thorough physical exam, which may require blood work and other diagnostic tools. With help from physicians in a variety of specialties, our doctors take into account your medical issues when determining the weight loss plan that’s right for you. You could be […]

How Important Is Surgeon’s Skill for Weight-Loss Surgery Outcomes? Study saw no differences at one year after procedure, but one expert believes longer follow-up needed. Bottom of Form A surgeon’s skill level does not seem to have a big impact on long-term outcomes for weight-loss surgery patients, a new study suggests. However, one weight-loss surgeon disagreed with the study’s conclusion. Prior research had found an association between surgical skill level and short-term outcomes after a type of weight-loss surgery called laparoscopic gastric bypass. But, the long-term impact was unknown. The new study was led by Dr. Christopher Scally, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and included more than 3,600 patients. The patients underwent weight-loss surgery performed by one of 20 different surgeons. Each surgeon’s individual skill level was assessed by experts who viewed videos of the surgeons as they performed weight-loss operations. Surgeons ranked in both the highest and lowest levels had been practicing an average of 11 years. Click the link to read the rest of the article: http://bit.ly/2jZovjP  

Weight-Loss Surgery May Bring Long-Term Benefits to Very Obese Teens 3 years later, most had rid themselves of diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, study found. Weight-loss surgeries, long used by obese adults to drop excess pounds, may provide long-lasting health benefits to very obese teenagers, a new study finds. The study of extremely obese teens found that, three years after either gastric bypass surgery or a procedure called sleeve gastrectomy, the average patient had lost 27 percent of his or her original weight. What’s more, many also showed remission of obesity-linked ills such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. “We found significant improvements in weight, cardiometabolic health and weight-related quality of life at three years after the [weight-loss] procedure,” wrote a team led by Dr. Thomas Inge, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His team published the findings online Nov. 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine, to coincide with a planned presentation of the findings at the Obesity Week annual meeting in Los Angeles. Click the link to read the rest of the article: http://bit.ly/2kPbk40

Congratulations! You have decided to undergo a life changing Weight loss Surgery. Your body and health are about to change for the better; nevertheless, you must be aware on how this changes will affect your Post-op daily life and start preparing in accordance. The first and most noticeable change post-surgery is the progressive and long term weight loss! Also, an overall health improvement and better quality of life associated with it. Dr. Alejandro Lopez founder and chief bariatric surgeon at ALO Bariatrics in Tijuana Mexico, has been performing the most effective Weight loss procedures such as Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding, Duodenal Switch  and Bariatric Revision surgeries, for more than 9 years now and will advise you on how to ease back to your daily routine and how to overcome the challenges ahead. There are many dietary challenges to which you will gradually adjust. You will regain some form of appetite back around 6 to 18 months after having your surgery yet, you will find that said appetite is not as strong as it once was and can now be easily satisfied. Your improved health state and long term weight loss goals depend greatly on healthier food choices and […]

Gastric Bypass Cuts Diabetes in Mild Obesity Gastric Bypass Cuts Diabetes in Patients noticed decline in glycated hemoglobin within the first six months of surgery. Gastric bypass may be an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes in patients who are only mildly obese, researchers said here. The vast majority of patients (88 percent) had remission of their diabetes, bringing their glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) to 6.5 percent, even after coming off their anti-diabetic drugs, David Cummings, MD, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues reported online in Diabetes Care and during a session at the American Diabetes Association meeting here. An additional 11 percent achieved an HbA1c below 7 percent while decreasing their use of oral diabetic drugs and withdrawal of insulin, they found. Gastric bypass “is a safe, effective procedure to ameliorate type 2 diabetes and associated comorbidities,” they wrote, adding that their findings justify further trials to clarify whether bypass “should be broadened and might be viewed primarily as a ‘metabolic’ rather than ‘bariatric’ surgery.” Severely obese patients are often rid of their type 2 diabetes when they have gastric bypass surgery. An NIH consensus statement, however, limits the use of bariatric surgery to patients with a body mass index […]

Benefits of Bariatric Surgery Severe Obesity: Why the Need for Surgical Intervention Severe obesity is one of the most serious stages of obesity. You may often find yourself struggling with your weight and essentially feeling as if you’re trapped in a weight gain cycle. In addition, you most likely have attempted numerous diets – only in the end, to see your weight continue to increase. More than a decade ago, The National Institutes of Health, better known as NIH, reported that individuals affected by severe obesity are resistant to maintaining weight loss achieved by conventional therapies, such as consuming fewer calories, increasing exercise, commercial weight-loss programs, etc.). The NIH recognized bariatric (weight-loss) surgery as the only effective treatment to combat severe obesity and maintain weight loss in the long term. How Can Bariatric Surgery Help Me? When combined with a comprehensive treatment plan, bariatric surgery may often act as an effective tool to provide you with long term weight-loss and help you increase your quality of health. Bariatric surgery has been shown to help improve or resolve many obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and more. Frequently, individuals who improve their weight find themselves […]

“Bariatric surgery is probably the most effective intervention we have in health care,” says Laurie K. Twells, a clinical epidemiologist at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She bases this bold claim on her experience with seriously obese patients and a detailed analysis of the best studies yet done showing weight-loss surgery’s ability to reverse the often devastating effects of being extremely overweight on health and quality of life. “I haven’t come across a patient yet who wouldn’t recommend it,” Dr. Twells said in an interview. “Most say they wish they’d done it 10 years sooner.” She explained that the overwhelming majority of patients who undergo bariatric surgery have spent many years trying — and failing — to lose weight and keep it off. And the reason is not a lack of willpower. “These patients have lost hundreds of pounds over and over again,” Dr. Twells said. “The weight that it takes them one year to lose is typically back in two months,” often because a body with longstanding obesity defends itself against weight loss by drastically reducing its metabolic rate, an effect not seen after bariatric surgery, which permanently changes the contours of the digestive tract. In reviewing studies that followed […]

If all goes well, Aliayha Carrasco-Garcia will have an operation next month that will change her life. She will shed many of the 240 pounds that now burden her 5-foot-2 frame. Like many who have bariatric surgery, she has tried diets and exercise to no avail. Surgery is her last best hope. But there is a difference between Aliayha and almost everyone else who has had this operation: She is only 15. While the number of adolescents who are overweight or obese has leveled off in recent years, the number who are severely obese — heavy enough to qualify for bariatric surgery — has nearly doubled from 1999 to 2014, according to national data, going from 5.2 to 10.2 percent of all adolescents aged 12 to 19. As a result, more and more doctors and parents are facing a difficult question: Should very heavy teenagers have bariatric surgery, a radical operation that is the only treatment proved to produce lasting weight loss in severely obese people? The very idea fills many parents and doctors with trepidation, and with good reason, said Aaron Kelly, a physiologist and specialist in pediatric obesity at the University of Minnesota. “We’re at a point in […]

Even though your appetite will greatly decrease (consequence of your Bariatric Surgery) you will also feel satisfied with smaller amounts of food; however, the most challenging part of sticking to a dietary plan and avoid overeating especially when away from home, at work or on the run (as most of us) is measuring the portions of food we eat every day. Frankly, none of us will go out and buy a food scale or take our kitchen’s measuring cup wherever we go. So, how do we practically and accurately keep track of our food portions? (That’s if you don’t have amazing powers of abstraction the likes of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man) Well, worry no more! A simple widely adopted approach is to compare food portions to every day common objects found anywhere you find yourself at mealtime. Let’s say for a minute that your dietary plan includes the following amounts of each food group, its equivalent should be: Vegetables (1 cup of greens) = 1 baseball Grains (1/2 cup cooked pasta, rice, oatmeal) = the size of your clenched fist Protein (3 ounces of meat, fish or poultry) = the size of a regular deck of cards Fruit […]

“Bariatric surgery is probably the most effective intervention we have in health care,” says Laurie K. Twells, a clinical epidemiologist at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She bases this bold claim on her experience with seriously obese patients and a detailed analysis of the best studies yet done showing weight-loss surgery’s ability to reverse the often devastating effects of being extremely overweight on health and quality of life. “I haven’t come across a patient yet who wouldn’t recommend it,” Dr. Twells said in an interview. “Most say they wish they’d done it 10 years sooner.” She explained that the overwhelming majority of patients who undergo bariatric surgery have spent many years trying — and failing — to lose weight and keep it off. And the reason is not a lack of willpower. “These patients have lost hundreds of pounds over and over again,” Dr. Twells said. “The weight that it takes them one year to lose is typically back in two months,” often because a body with longstanding obesity defends itself against weight loss by drastically reducing its metabolic rate, an effect not seen after bariatric surgery, which permanently changes the contours of the digestive tract. In reviewing studies that followed […]

Misconception: Most people who have metabolic and bariatric surgery regain their weight. Truth: As many as 50 percent of patients may regain a small amount of weight (approximately 5 percent) two years or more following their surgery. However, longitudinal studies find that most bariatric surgery patients maintain successful weight-loss long-term. ‘Successful’ weight-loss is arbitrarily defined as weight-loss equal to or greater than 50 percent of excess body weight. Often, successful results are determined by the patient, by their perceived improvement in quality of life. In such cases, the total retained weight-loss may be more, or less, than this arbitrary definition. Such massive and sustained weight reduction with surgery is in sharp contrast to the experience most patients have previously had with non-surgical therapies. Misconception: The chance of dying from metabolic and bariatric surgery is more than the chance of dying from obesity. Truth: As your body size increases, longevity decreases. Individuals with severe obesity have a number of life-threatening conditions that greatly increase their risk of dying, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and more. Data involving nearly 60,000 bariatric patients from ASMBS Bariatric Centers of Excellence database show that the risk of death within the 30 days following bariatric surgery averages […]