IBS or irritable bowel syndrome is a disease of symptoms rather than physical changes to the stomach or intestines. Symptoms often include cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea [...]
Constipation can be a problem during your pre-op and post-op diets depending on what you are consuming. If your pre-op diet consists of mostly protein shakes, you aren’t getting the fiber and [...]
Vomitting after bariatric surgery is not a typical side effect and there are usually underlying causes for it. In this particular case, we see a patient with strictures. Meaning the area around [...]
There is a period of time after weight loss surgery that I refer to as the “honeymoon” period. It’s during this time that you experience excellent appetite control, lose weight easily, and have [...]
I’m sure you’ve heard it said before that “weight loss surgery is the easy way out.” But no one who has ever had the surgery has ever said that. And no bariatric surgeon would ever say that. [...]
The Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) is a preoperative diet used to prepare for surgery. It specifically designed to help you lose a few pounds, shrink your liver and ensure you have enough protein [...]
Many people believe that weight loss after bariatric surgery is a continous, methodical, downward trajectory from the moment you leave the hospital until you’ve reached yourdesired number. [...]
I wrote How Weight Loss Surgery Really Works in an attempt to convince those who suffer from obesity that:
1) obesity is a disease of fat storage, not a sign of personal failure
2) weight loss [...]
For many years, we’ve been telling patients that Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery works by preventing people from eating too much and by blocking the absorption of calories in the [...]