Health Fitness

Gastritis More Than Just A Grumbling Stomach

Ever experienced vomiting blood or having coffee-ground like material and dark stool? Ever felt abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and constant hiccups? Then you might be one of the more than 10% of people who come to a hospital emergency department with gastritis. Gastritis is a common medical problem of the stomach. The stomach is an organ of the digestive system,…

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Inhibitors Of Good Digestion

Additional liquids should not be taken with any meal. The more liquid you drink, the more you dilute the enzymes that are doing the work of digestion. The potency of any enzyme is directly related to its concentration. Water, or just about any other liquid, will stop stomach digestion dead in its tracks when you swallow a large enough amount…

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Weight Loss

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric bypass surgery comes in many forms but the most popular are combination-techniques that shrink the stomach by stapling off a small section and shortening the small intestine by reattaching it at a lower point where fewer calories will be absorbed. Gastric bypass surgery and other bariatric procedures were traditionally performed with large incisions but laparoscopes have changed that resulting…

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Understanding The Gastric Bypass Diet

Gastric bypass – the newest method of losing weight today – is effective but risky. This method is not for everyone, especially not for those who only want to lose a few pounds. There are several considerations that must be discussed with the doctor before undergoing the procedure. It involves surgery which makes the stomach smaller. To make the stomach…

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Is There Permanent Solution To Obesity

How do you Define Obesity? The term morbid obesity refers to patients who are 50 – 100%, or 100 pounds above their ideal body weight. Alternatively, a BMI (body mass index) value greater than 39 may be used to diagnose morbid obesity. Various studies indicates that about 31 percent of American teenage girls and 28 percent of boys are somewhat…

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Medicine

A New Direction In Weight Control Gastric Bypass Surgery

Surgery may be a weight-loss option for patients who are severely obese and suffer from serious medical complications due to weight. There are two accepted surgical procedures for reducing body weight: gastroplasty and gastric bypass. Although these two procedures use different surgical methods, they both reduce the stomach to a pouch that is smaller than a chicken’s egg, drastically limiting…

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Several Types Of Obesity Surgery Available

There are several types of obesity surgery available to those wishing to undergo the procedure. All of which have some level of permanence, meaning that you won’t be able to fully reverse the obesity surgery once you go through with it. The most commonly known form of obesity surgery is gastric bypass, also known as stomach stapling. This procedure involves…

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What Is Gastric Bypass Surgery

Obesity is a condition that carries wit it not only the stigma of being called names, but also the risk of getting serious illnesses like high blood pressure, heart ailment and diabetes. More and more people are turning to fad diets and other means to lower their weight but to no avail. Fortunately for people whose obesity cannot be treated…

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Weight Loss

Is Losing Weight Via Gastric Bypass For Everyone

Gastric bypass surgery is not about losing weight the easy way and looking good, the operation is about improving health. There are several types of gastric bypass procedures, but all of them involve bypassing part of the small bowel by greater or lesser degrees. Surgical options Gastric bypass procedures involve constructing a gastric pouch whose outlet is a Y-shaped limb…

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