Hunger pangs. Everyone knows them. At the very least, they’re annoying. But when it’s been hours since you last ate, those pangs can quickly turn to pain. These sensations are your body’s natural impulses to get you to eat. Our bodies require food for energy. Food is made up of calories, which your body burns … Read more
When considering bariatrics, you want the best weight loss surgeon in Los Angeles you can find. A quick search on the internet will bring up dozens of doctors you can choose from. But how can you determine which doctor is the best of the bunch? Out of all those doctors, only a few possess the top qualities … Read more
Weight loss surgery is surging in popularity. Otherwise known as bariatrics, weight loss surgery can help you lose excess weight. If you suffer from obesity related ailments, those ailments can diminish or disappear entirely as a bariatric side effect. Conditions often treated by weight loss surgery include type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and high blood … Read more
Gastric sleeve surgery is a useful tool in the fight against obesity. The bariatric (weight loss) procedure, otherwise known as the sleeve gastrectomy or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), reduces the size of your stomach, forcing you to eat less. Once the bariatric surgery is performed, gastric sleeve patients go on to lose between 65% and 75% … Read more
Weight loss surgery can deliver amazing results. It can be the loss of 60%-80% of your excess weight in the first two years. Unfortunately, 15%-35% of bariatric surgery patients fail to reach their weight loss goal after surgery. That’s what you don’t want. What you do want is to lose the excess weight fast, and for life! … Read more
Traveling overseas in the hopes of finding cheaper weight loss surgery or medical tourism for gastric sleeve is a growing trend. Known as medical tourism, many patients with obesity (BMI of 40+) travel to Mexico or as far away as Europe to undergo gastric sleeve surgery in the hopes of shedding their excess weight. With over … Read more
The gastric band (Lap-Band) and gastric sleeve are two common bariatric (weight loss) surgeries. Both can help you lose excess weight if you are morbidly obese (which means you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 40. At that weight, you are more susceptible to a host of ailments like type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, cancer, and … Read more
Not many people know that hiatal hernia repair surgery and the sleeve gastrectomy (gastric sleeve) can be combined into a single procedure. If you suffer from morbid obesity and want to repair your hernia while fighting obesity with the gastric sleeve, you’ll want to request a single surgical session for both techniques. Here is everything … Read more
The Gastric Balloon is a wise choice when you want the power of bariatric surgery without committing to a long-term procedure like the gastric sleeve. The gastric balloon can help you lose between 7% to 15% of your excess body fat, all in a six month period. That’s between twenty and fifty pounds in just half a year. Think of all … Read more
Bariatric (weight loss) surgery can help you say “Goodbye” to obesity forever and improve your lifestyle. But the surgery is not a magic wand. Any procedure you undergo is merely a tool. To help you lose up to 80% of your excess weight with procedures like the gastric sleeve, 95% of your success depends on you! … Read more
