How Sugar Affects Your Brain
Here’s a good video that helps explain why sugar is so bad for us and what it does to our brains. …
Lap Band Results for Lower BMI Patients
New research has revealed that Lap-Band surgery can induce weight loss in long-term obese patients and provides support for use of the procedure in patients with milder obesity. Lap-Band surgery is a laparoscopic procedure that limits food intake with minimum interference with the normal digestive process. By wrapping a silicone band around the upper part of the…
Gastric Bypass and Diabetes – Why Such Fast Improvement?
Over the past decade, bariatric surgeons have noticed that weight loss surgery is extremely effective in improving diabetes, with many patients showing improvement as quickly as days after surgery. Prompted by these observations, several noteworthy studies published in recent years have provided evidence that weight loss surgery is an effective diabetes treatment in obese patients….
Exercise Has Positive Relationship to Mental State
Physical activity is an important aspect of both our pre-surgery and post-surgery treatment plan at Oregon Weight Loss Surgery. There have been many health benefits linked with physical activity, including both physical and mental benefits. At the recent Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium attended by Dr. Emma Patterson, there was an interesting study presented showing the…
Diets Fail for So Many
For many people, attempting to lose a significant amount of weight through diet and exercise results in frustration and little change on the scale. Body weight is the result of many factors, including environment, family history and genetics, metabolism and behavior. There are some factors you have no control over. However, you can change other…
Gastric Sleeve in the News
Comedian and Celebrity Apprentice star, Lisa Lampanelli, has received a lot of attention recently, and not just for her sharp tongue or performance credits, but because she has lost 80 pounds after receiving weight loss surgery. Lampanelli said in a recent interview with In Touch Magazine that she’s tried “every diet out there” without success, and has…
Weight Loss Surgery Can Prevent Diabetes, Research Shows
Earlier this year we posted an article about the 2 year findings of the on-going APEX (Lap-Band AP Experience) study, which had encouraging results for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Just 2 years after Lap-Band surgery, as much as 95 percent of the patients in the study had achieved improvement or remission of diabetes. …
Male Obesity May Affect Fertility
When couples are trying to conceive, the woman’s weight and age are often the focus. But now a new study shines the spotlight on men and how their excess weight may affect their fertility, as well as fetal development. Australian scientists at the University of Melbourne Department of Zoology found indications that a man’s obesitymay…
Another Reason to Eat Almonds: Fewer Calories?
Almonds are well-known for their nutritional profile. The Mayo Clinic lists the nuts as one of the ‘top 10 foods recommended for healthy eating’ and they are packed with nutrients including fiber, riboflavin, magnesium, iron and calcium. Most of the fat in almonds is considered a healthy type of fat, called monounsaturated fat, which may…
Sleep Apnea & Weight Loss
Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which a person has one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while sleeping. There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. Of the three, obstructive sleep apnea, often called OSA for short, is the most common. As a result of the disruption in…