Post-Bariatric Diet

Though artificially-sweetened beverages will help you stay away from the real thing, you may be unconsciously compromising that benefit by compensating with calories in other parts of your diet. [Read more]

As a Lap Band patient you understand how hard it can be to navigate a healthy diet. The rules are complicated enough without someone throwing curve balls at you. While food companies may not be maliciously trying to destroy your dieting efforts, they are hoping that you will crack just enough to buy their box of cookies. However, a lot of food companies have moved away from the hopes of sneaky indulgences and are now deceiving dieters so that we think we are eating healthily when snacking. This is trickery indeed and needs to be watched out for—especially after bariatric surgery. [Read more]

Protein is crucial after bariatric surgery, which makes a vegan diet plan difficult for Lap Band patients. While you can get protein through plants, you will need to eat more if it in order to get the right amount which can be difficult after Lap Band surgery. [Read more]

Consuming excess sugar and salt is bad for your health and for your weight loss efforts, too. Despite sugar and salt’s natural abilities to flavor the foods we love, there are ways to limit your intake without sacrificing taste. [Read more]

Wood pulp, Castoreum and Ammonium Sulfate—do you know what all three of these have in common, besides sounding like common household cleaning agents? These three ingredients aren’t going to be found in your garage or even your cleaning supply cabinet, but are more likely to show up in your pantry or refrigerator. That’s right, these are three surprising ingredients that you can find in a lot of highly processed foods sold at your local Macon grocery stores or fast foods chains. [Read more]

Even with our best efforts to cut down on calories, there are many factors in our daily lives that can derail even the most stringent of diets. From calories hiding in healthy foods to things you may not know are bad for you, there are tons of ways to accidentally let unhealthy practices slip into your otherwise flawless weight loss plan. As always, you should consult your weight loss surgeon in Macon before making any major changes to your diet, but here are some tips to help you avoid self-sabotage. [Read more]

Many working adults are confronted with the option of a second, more delicious breakfast they arrive to work. This happens most when the office secretary happens to bring in a dozen warm, gooey doughnuts for someone’s birthday or there is any early-morning meeting with a lovely display of muffins and baked goods to entice your interest in whatever boring topic is up for discussion. Saying no is hard to do to a warm iced cinnamon roll even if you did already eat breakfast at home—chances are it was some cold piece of toast or a bland fiber-filled waffle your husband or wife threw at you as you rushed out the door. [Read more]

Though the days of everyone and his dog growing tiny sprouts from terra cotta kittens, hippos and Homer Simpson heads may be behind us, the plant that made Chia Pets such a craze in the 80’s and 90’s is making a comeback in health food stores around the country. High in fiber, Omega-3, 6 and 9 essential fatty acid and other minerals, chia seeds have been touted as a new health food in popular health and fitness circles and have stormed the market in the past three years in dozens of new products. [Read more]

Most people who attempt dieting complain that the temptations of desserts, fast food, potato chips and other delicious foods are overwhelmingly difficult to overcome. There are times when a dieter can think of nothing but how much they want an ice cream sundae. A lot of rationalization goes into the purchase of a treat that the dieter knows will only go straight to the hips, with some dieters claiming that an occasional splurge is necessary to avoid going off the diet completely. [Read more]

One of the most important nutrients in the human diet is Vitamin D. Vitamin D is most well-known for its role in the absorption of calcium for bone strength. Those who suffer from obesity want strong bones because they tend to put more strain on their bones, especially near the knees. Taking a vitamin D supplement may aid in weight loss. [Read more]