Bariatric surgery in San Antonio has become the most effective and permanent weight reduction treatment. After bariatric surgery, one’s quality of life usually improves significantly, as do obesity-related conditions like sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and other medical problems. For those people who are unsuccessful with traditional medically supervised weight-loss strategies such as diet…
Obesity causes total and cardiovascular mortality. The cardiovascular risk factors linked to obesity leads to higher risk of cardiovascular events. With obesity rising at an alarming rate in America, bariatric surgery in San Antonio serves as the powerful tool that provides sustained relief for overweight people. Along with helping you succeed in reaching your weight…
Sage Bariatric Institute would like to introduce you to some resources to increase mobility and increase metabolism. Did you know that our Physical Therapists can help you with recovery from weight loss surgery and lose weight? You’re thinking that Physical Therapists only deal with things like tennis elbow and rehab from broken bones, right? Well,…
Many of us have fond memories of gathering around a feast with our families on holidays like Easter. The foods we celebrated with, however, were usually not foods that we would find on the table of a successful bariatric patient. Your diet has changed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have meaningful celebrations and create…
In the first place a weight loss surgery San Antonio is not like “one size fits all”. There are different types of surgeries to achieve the goal of weight loss and collectively this may be referred as bariatric surgery. Gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, duodenal switch, Lap band, Gastric Balloon and V Block therapy are among…
Obesity or overweight is a serious affliction and many people pursue a series of measures including ‘magic wands’ that promise to shave off those extra pounds. When all such measures fail, they turn to medical weight loss San Antonio. But, medical weight loss or bariatric surgery should not be the last option and not the…
When you are considering weight loss measures, bariatric surgery should be considered after you have examined all other options with your bariatric surgeon San Antonio. The following are some of the important points that you should discuss with your doctor. Bariatric surgery San Antonio should not be considered until you discuss with the doctor and know…
If you are among those who have tried multiple methods to shed those extra pounds, it is perhaps the time that you see a bariatric surgeon San Antonio to determine how the procedure can possibly benefit you. After studying your condition, your weight loss surgeon in San Antonio recommends a gastric sleeve San Antonio. Here…
Obesity may seem like a weird topic, but it’s a conversation that needs to get started because some concepts are widely understood about the disease, that SHOULD also know about obesity, but are not. Here is a couple of thoughts for starters: These are both biologic medical conditions; neither cancer nor obesity is ‘chosen’ by…
Many of our patients have heard us talking about the importance of fasting periods during the day and overnight. There are many reasons for our repetitious encouragement. Here are a few: Fasting results in lower insulin levels, higher growth hormone levels and increased amounts of norepinephrine (noradrenaline), all of which make our body burn fat for…