Vertical sleeve gastrectomy can lower your weight, but it can’t lower the stress in your life. And when stress ratchets up, even the best gastric sleeve tool can’t fight the damage it does to your body. Why does stress have such a big impact on your weight? And is there anything you can do about ...
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Getting Off the Yo-Yo Rollercoaster After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
You’re probably hoping that gastric sleeve in Mexico will cure the yo-yo dieting you’ve likely been doing most of your life. And for many, this tool is exactly what they need to get their weight under control forever. But there are plenty of other VSG patients who still ride the yo-yo rollercoaster—maybe not to the ...
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Your Gastric Sleeve Surgery Can Protect Your Kids From Obesity
Want proof that vertical sleeve gastrectomy isn’t a selfish choice? A new study reveals three things that predict whether kids will be obese in adulthood—and parents are directly responsible for two. The third factor, as well, can be largely influenced by parents. The good news is that getting healthy now via VSG makes it less ...
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Does Gastric Sleeve Surgery Affect Taste Buds?
If you feel like your taste buds have changed since your vertical sleeve gastrectomy, you’re not wrong. Nor are you alone. Multiple studies have shown it is, in fact, extremely common for bariatric surgery patients to experience aversions to food or drinks that they previously loved. Whether you’re sad to discover an aversion or deliriously ...
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When Keto Doesn’t Work After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
The diet we typically recommend for our vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients is a high-protein, low-carb regimen. Why? In a nutshell: it offers foods most people like and it works. The ketogenic diet—which is high in fat, moderate in protein, and very low in carbs—is a cousin of our generally prescribed diet and popular among bariatric ...
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Will Your Lap Band-to-Gastric Sleeve Revision Require Two Surgeries?
After making the decision to get vertical sleeve gastrectomy, most patients want to have it done now, now, now! I get that. It’s exciting to think about all of the wonderful ways your life will change with VSG. But if you already have a lap band, things get a bit trickier. Is it possible? Absolutely! ...
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Fresh Ideas for Weight Loss After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
At Endobariatric, we equip VSG patients with a tried-and-true program to maximize weight loss following bariatric surgery in our Mexico hospital. But headlines crop up nearly every day about “new discoveries” that can help people lose more weight. Are any of them worth getting excited about? A few might be… Habit #1: Restrict food to ...
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Keep Your Sanity After Reaching Your Gastric Sleeve Surgery Goal
You’ve been watching the scale for months—or even years—waiting for it to hit that magic number: your VSG goal weight. Next stop? Maintenance city. This might seem like the easy part of the journey, but many patients find it to be confusing. Weight loss the Endobariatric way is pretty foolproof for our vertical sleeve gastrectomy ...
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The Big Stretch Fear: Truths About Stretching Your Sleeve After VSG
The short answer is yes, you can. The longer answer is that it’s not very common, especially if your vertical sleeve gastrectomy was done well. Fear of stretching the sleeve isn’t unusual among VSG patients, but there’s very little for Endobariatric patients to worry about. Why you probably haven’t stretched it “I can eat so ...
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