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Bariatric Eating: Gastric Bypass and Weight-Loss Surgery (WLS) Support
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A Craving for Ice Chewing Points to Iron Deficiency!
If you have had bariatric surgery, chewing or craving ice is not just a funny habit, it is a common sign of a serious iron deficiency.
Lab to Keep Tabs On My Bariatric Health
I am waiting for a nurse to arrive to draw blood for my labs. No coffee. Might as well have a discussion about taking control of our own health and...
A Little Perspective Goes a Long Way!
If you think that people don't fight over the choice to eat the foods that led to their own obesity you would be wrong. What's worse is that people don't...
Bariatric Lab Tests 101
Patients who have had a surgical weight loss procedure, whether the Roux en Y Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Banding, or Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, require close monitoring of nutritional status, physical and...