Family Members of Weight Loss Surgery Patients Also Benefit
Friday, December 16th, 2011 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Eating healthy, News, Nutrition, Research, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Most everyone has heard about the Atkins diet and the Weight Watchers diet but the newest diet out there appears to be the weight-loss-surgery-patient-in-your-living-room diet. Have you heard of it? A study from Stanford researchers recently published in the Archives ...
Dear Food, Our friendship isn’t working and I need to move on. Sincerely, The New Me
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Duodenal switch, Eating healthy, LapBand, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Uncategorized, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, post weight loss surgery tips, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »“Food feels like my best friend.” We hear this so often from our weight loss surgery patients. Maybe you can relate. When you’re upset, anxious, despondent, angry, or bored the instant calm that food provides can feel like your greatest ...
When Weight Loss Surgery is All in the Family
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Diabetes, GERD, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »We have many families that have weight loss surgery, with many requesting to have it the same day. It is a very remarkable-not to mention interesting-process to watch evolve. I recently came across a study that was presented at the ...
Facts on the mini gastric bypass
Friday, October 1st, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Duodenal switch, LapBand, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Often leads to bile reflux, gastritis or esophagitis Potentially increases the risk of gastric cancer Not covered by insurance Abandoned as unsafe by virtually all weight loss surgery MD's Luckily, our patients have the option to pick from 4 great, safe surgeries with proven ...
Getting Back on Track
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, Exercise, LapBand, Protein and calories, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, surgical weight loss, weight loss plan, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Throughout the surgical weight loss process you’ve developed some great eating habits. Whether you have the LapBand, Realize Band, Vertical gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or the Duodenal switch, you’ve worked so hard to maintain them but whether you are months ...
New Facebook pages
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Duodenal switch, EsophyX, Hawaii, LapBand, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Stomaphyx, Vertical gastrectomy, surgical weight loss, weight loss surgery | No Comments »We have created two new Facebook pages; one for Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco and one for The Surgical Weight Loss Center of Hawaii. It's a great way to socialize with other patients, get the latest news, post your own experiences ...
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Update
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Diabetes, Duodenal switch, LapBand, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, San Francisco weight loss center, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Last week was the Second Annual International Consensus Summit for Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (Vertical Gastrectomy) in Miami, Florida. Over 400 surgeons from around the world attended. There were three days of presentations and discussions. Summarized below are some interesting points ...
Exciting news for a Hawaii weight loss surgery patient!
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Uncategorized, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »I just wanted to share an email announcement I received from one of our Hawaii patients. She is so inspirational and a great role model for bariatric laparoscopic surgery. She has lost over 100lbs in under a year with Roux-en-Y ...
Is Food Really Your Friend?
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, LapBand, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Uncategorized, Vertical gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »“Food feels like my best friend.” I hear this from so many weight loss surgery patients. Maybe you can relate. When you’re upset, anxious, despondent, angry, or bored the instant calm that food provides can feel like your greatest ally. ...
Lapband Surgery
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Duodenal switch, LapBand, Realize Band, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vertical gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »There are two types of anatomical changes (restriction and malabsorption) created by weight loss surgery. Restriction limits or reduces the stomach volume and malabsorption separates the small intestines into two separate channels. For the past forty years each one of ...