Nutrition
What is calcium? Calcium is one of 21 elements that are essential to humans. It is a mineral vital for healthy teeth and bones where most of it is stored in the body. It also plays a vital role in maintaining the health and functioning of nerves and muscle tissue....
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Overview The biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) is a bariatric surgery performed to reduce weight in people with morbid obesity (class 3 obesity) or those with class 1 or 2 obesity having any of the health complications associated with obesity, ...
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What is gastric sleeve surgery? Gastric sleeve surgery or sleeve gastrectomy is an irreversible gastric surgery performed with the intention of reducing the weight of the obese gastric sleeve patient. It is a type of bariatric surgery for weight loss, which can help...
Nutrition
Overview The gastric bypass diet forms the most important part of your post-operative cure. Having undergone gastric bypass surgery to lose your obesity, your gastric surgeon will explain to you the post-operative adjustments you will have to make throughout life for...
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Overview Gastric bypass surgery is the most commonly performed weight loss surgery or bariatric surgery in the US today and combines the restrictive as well as the malabsorptive approaches which have been explained in the post on bariatric surgery. This bariatric...
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Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band or lap band surgery is a restrictive weight loss surgery or a type of bariatric surgery to treat obesity. It is also known by the following names. Stomach Banding Stomach banding Surgery Gastric Banding Gastric Band Laparoscopic...
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Overview Bariatric surgery is also referred to as weight loss surgery and metabolic surgery. It is the recommended treatment for people with morbid obesity (men who are at least 100 lbs overweight or women who are at least 80 lbs overweight) in which the BMI is 40 or...
Nutrition
Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a type of megaloblastic anemia, the other type is folate deficiency anemia. All vitamins are essential for the body and their deficiency can cause health problems. In this post, we discuss vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 is needed...
Nutrition
What is vitamin B12? Vitamin B12 or cobalamin is easily the most well-known of all the B vitamins. It is vital for nervous system function, DNA production, and red blood cell development. It is not produced in the body and therefore it has to be obtained from our...
Nutrition
Our body needs about forty known elements that are essential for its nutrition. Of these, thirteen are vitamins, fifteen are essential minerals, trace minerals, and electrolytes, and twelve are amino acids. Vitamins were discovered in the late nineteen century when...
