Bariatric surgery is an effective tool in losing weight because of the hormonal changes it causes which induce weight loss. The surgery is what drives the weight loss, not the postoperative diet. The postoperative diet is used to help your body recover from surgery. If you are looking for a diet that will drive weight …
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There’s no question that many medications can cause weight gain and in fact, it’s one of the leading causes of weight regain after surgery. Is birth control one of the medications that contribute to weight regain? The answer is both yes and no. Dr. Matthew Weiner explains.
Pan-hypopituitarism is a rare condition of inadequate or absent production of the anterior pituitary hormones. If you have pan-hypopituitarism and are considering weight loss surgery, it’s important for your endocrinologist and bariatric surgeon to discuss the particulars of your case both with each other and with you. After careful consideration of the risks verses rewards, you …
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Leptin is a hormone that your body produces to tell your brain to stop eating and makes you feels full. When you have leptin resistance, that hormone release is ignored by the brain. This means that people with leptin resistance never feel full and often feel constantly hungry. In this video, Dr. Weiner explains what …
There are many factors that we use to determine which weight loss surgery is best for each patient. Those typically on the lower end of the BMI scale would do well with a gastric sleeve while those on the higher end of the BMI scale tend to do better with the gastic bypass. But what …
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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 fluids necessary to move your bowels. Solving this problem requires a trial and error approach.
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. That’s because weight loss surgery is inherently more difficult than standard weight loss through diet and exercise. Not …
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In the first year after Weight Loss Surgery, your body will tell you what to eat – it’s your job to listen closely.
Weight loss surgery patients are instructed to always eat their protein fist – but is this really the best advice?
What most preoperative patients don’t recognize and many postoperative patients don’t expect is that the impact weight loss surgery has on your hunger, metabolism, ability to eat and weight loss changes substantially over time. I’ve broken these postoperative changes down to four stages, and added the equally important preoperative planning and decision making stage as …
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