Foods You Cannot Eat After a Gastric Bypass

During gastric bypass surgery weight-loss surgery, the majority of the stomach is separated from the rest of the digestive system, leaving a small pouch approximately the size of a walnut. The small intestine is cut and sewn onto the pouch to complete the new digestive tract.

Nicole Etolen
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How to Build Muscle After a Sleeve Gastrectomy

Gaining muscle after sleeve gastrectomy surgery might seem like an impossible task, but it can be done. In many cases, the weight you lose as a result of the surgery will reveal muscles that have developed after carrying so much extra weight for so long -- a common phenomenon in the obese.

Solomon Branch
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Food for Gastric Pain

Gastric pain is typically related to irritation and inflammation of the digestive tract. This is known as gastritis when the lining of the stomach is affected and gastroenteritis when the intestines are involved.

Erica Wickham, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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How to Treat Constipation After Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass surgery reduces the size of the stomach in morbidly obese patients and reroutes the digestive system to block some calorie absorption, according to MedlinePlus.

Marcy Brinkley
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Weight Lifting After Hernia Surgery

There are three types of hernias: when the protrusion of the soft tissue occurs at in the abdominal wall, it is known as an umbilical hernia; when the protrusion occurs through the diaphragm, it is known as a hiatial hernia; if the protrusion occurs through the lower abdominal wall, it is called an inguinal hernia.

Dr. Robert Petros
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How to Build Muscle After Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass surgery is a bariatric procedure designed to limit the amount of food you can eat and, in turn, help you to lose weight. According to MayoClinic.

Timothy Onkst
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A Semi-Solid Diet

A semi-solid diet usually begins three to four weeks following a gastric bypass surgery. It is also referred as the soft/pureed foods diet and is the third stage of returning to solid foods following surgery. This diet is designed to retrain the stomach to begin eating solid foods after consuming a liquid diet.

Heather Hitchcock
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Cold Laser for Weight Loss

A painless alternative to traditional liposuction, cold laser can kick fat off targeted areas of your body without incisions, anesthesia, risks associated with invasive procedures or a lengthy recovery time. Before you sign up with your nearest certified cosmetic surgeon, however, take a moment to consider.

Ryn Gargulinski
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