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  • Life after Lap Band Surgery

    Life after Lap Band Surgery

    Certain changes to your lifestyle and diet will be necessary after undergoing stomach banding in Utah. These changes promote the benefits that lap band surgery can offer and help prevent complications.

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  • Protein and Carbs after Lap Band Surgery

    Protein and Carbs after Lap Band Surgery

    You will have to manage your diet carefully after weight loss surgery to assure that you lose weight and also to make sure that you get all of the nutrients you need each day. Protein and carbohydrates are the two areas that you will have to watch quite closely.

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  • A New Balance: Protein and Carbs after Lap Band Surgery

    A New Balance: Protein and Carbs after Lap Band Surgery

    The days immediately following lap band surgery can be among the most exciting of your life. After all, patients emerge from surgery with a second chance. This time gives patients an opportunity to start over, build new, healthier habits, and to heal their relationships to food and their bodies. Learning how to balance protein and carbs in a healthy diet is essential to this process.

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  • Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Popular Tool for Weight Loss

    Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Popular Tool for Weight Loss

    Gastric sleeve surgery is a type of bariatric surgery that is performed to remove approximately 85% of the stomach in order to facilitate weight loss in obese individuals who have been unable to lose weight using conventional methods.

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  • Amaretto Fudge Balls

    Amaretto Fudge Balls

    These chocolate bonbon type sweet taste as if they took hours to prepare. If you place each Amaretoo Fudge ball into a small holiday crinkle paper cup and fill a small decorative tin they would make a very special gift. The cherry center is a delicious surprise! Susan Maria

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  • Tips to Lose Weight during the winter

    Tips to Lose Weight during the winter

    Many people struggle with their weight during the winter. If you are planning on having weight loss surgery in Utah, then it is important to focus on losing weight as you prepare for your upcoming surgical procedure. One of the biggest reasons that so many people have trouble losing weight during the winter is that as the cold weather emerges, less people are willing to merge from the comfort of their covers and workout. Together with this lack of exercise is an abundance of holiday meals, parties and decadent treats. Many people think they can keep winter weight off by simply avoiding the seasonal treats and large meals.

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  • Speak to Your Doctor to Enhance your Weight Loss

    Speak to Your Doctor to Enhance your Weight Loss

    When it comes to embarking on a weight loss journey the first step begins with talking to your weight loss doctor. As a medical expert, your doctor can give you the facts straight to prevent the guesswork of contemplating if you truly need to lose weight or not. It is easy to deceive yourself into believing the few extra pounds cause no real damage. But the reality is, extra weight can equate to significant damage to the heart and major organs as well as increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer. Your bariatric physician can give you an accurate body mass index, or BMI, and interpret the results so you know exactly where you stand with your weight and health risk.

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  • Dr Richard's Weight Loss Surgery Podcast

    Dr Richard's Weight Loss Surgery Podcast

    Dr. Christina Richards from the Bariatric Medicine Institute of Utah talks about the dangers of obesity, as well as the pros and cons of surgical weight loss procedures.

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  • Santa fe Dip

    Santa fe Dip

    Full of good carbs and protein, this dip is almost a meal! I like to eat it out of a bowl with diced avocados and tomatoes, and a spoonful of sour cream. An excellent dish to take a party or family gathering. Linda

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  • Pumpkin Whip

    Pumpkin Whip

    A fluffy and light alternative to pumpkin pie but every bit as wonderful! Perfect if you are in your first few months of post-op life when the holidays roll around. Linda

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