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09 April 2013

Recommended Carbohydrate Levels After Gastric Bypass

Via Bariatric Times -

After you read this study, let's discuss:

Did your nutritionist give YOU guidance in regards to carbohydrate intake after your roux en y gastric bypass surgery?

Background: Exact carbohydrate levels needed for the bariatric patient population have not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to correlate carbohydrate intake to percent excess weight loss for the bariatric patient population based on a cross-sectional study. The author also aimed to review the related literature.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, along with a review of the literature, about patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at least 1 year previously. Patients had their percentage of excess weight loss calculated and energy intake was examined based on data collected with a four-day food recall. Patients were divided into two groups: 1) patients who consumed 130g/day or more of carbohydrates and 2) patients who consumed less than 130g/day of carbohydrates.
Limitations: The literature review was limited to papers published since 1993.

Results: Patients who consumed 130g/day or more of carbohydrates presented a lower percent excess weight loss than the other group (p= 0.038). In the review of the literature, the author found that six months after surgery patients can ingest about 850kcal/day of carbohydrates, 30 percent being ingested as lipids. A protein diet with at least 60g/day is needed. On this basis, patients should consume about 90g/day of carbohydrates. After the first postoperative year, energy intake is about 1,300kcal/day and protein consumption should be increased. We can, therefore, establish nearly 130g/day of carbohydrates (40% of their energy intake)
Conclusions: Based on these studies, the author recommends that 90g/day is adequate for patients who are six months post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and less than 130g/day is adequate for patients who are one year or more post surgery.
The author concludes that maintaining carbohydrate consumption to moderate quantities and adequate protein intake seems to be fundamental to ensure the benefits from bariatric surgery.

- http://bariatrictimes.com/recommended-levels-of-carbohydrate-after-bariatric-surgery/

Posted at 07:23 AM in Diabetes, Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Digestion, Eating, Food and Drink, Gastric Bypass, Reactive Hypoglycemia, Studies, Surgical Weight Loss Methods., WLS Success Stories., WLS Support | Permalink | Comments (3)

01 April 2013

What does 2000 calories look like!?

I might be slightly disturbed by this, and it is blatantly obvious why I was 320 lbs, and even more clear How Easy It Is To Regain Weight After Bariatric Surgery.

Just a few calories a day - it adds up so damned fast.

My before-WLS diet would easily dwarf this 2000-calorie business.

Posted at 09:16 AM in Bariatric Diet, Bariatric Eating, Bariatric Food, Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Digestion, Eating, Obesity. | Permalink | Comments (0)

20 March 2013

Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide - Sugar is a toxin?

Well, yeah? Listen to the entire video before judging please.

"What if you're NOT an athlete?" <-- like most of us? Sugar is NOT okay, builds up, and causing obesity.

Posted at 07:32 AM in Childhood Obesity, Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Liver Failure, Obesity., Sugar, Weight Loss Peers. | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

28 February 2013

Lipozene - TO THE RESCUE! NO.

Lipozene sounds like a pharmaceutical drug doesn't it?

8 weeks = 3.66 lbs weight loss in a study. "Wow."

LIPOZENE! (What sounds like a...) HARDCORE FAT BURNER TO THE RESCUE!

It's NOT.

But, the commercials, websites and marketing might make you think so.

It is a fiber - glucomannan -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipozene

A health advisory was released by Health Canada stating the following: "natural health products containing the ingredient glucomannan in tablet, capsule or powder form, which are currently on the Canadian market, have a potential for harm if taken without at least 8 ounces of water or other fluid. The risk to Canadians includes choking and/or blockage of the throat, esophagus or intestine, according to international adverse reaction case reports. It is also important to note that these products should NOT be taken immediately before going to bed."^[10] The health advisory was issued after authorization of some products containing glucomannan for the purposes of appetite reduction, weight management, treatment of constipation and management of high cholesterol levels

"Lipozene is made from the Konjac root, most commonly known as >Glucomannan. This water-soluble fiber expands and acts as a dietary fiber gel in your stomach that helps you feel full, so you eat less and as a result, reach your weight loss goals quicker.

This water-soluble fiber has been cultivated as a weight loss aid in Japan for generations. In fact, there are even studies that connect its main ingredient Glucomannan with alleviating constipation, reducing cholesterol and regulating blood sugar.

Lipozene is natural and does not contain any stimulants. There are no known harmful side effects when used as directed.

Lipozene is not a pharmaceutical drug and is available without a prescription.

You should not be taking this "dietary fiber gel" that "expands" inside your stomach if you have had bariatric surgery.

Stop it and talk to your physician.

Posted at 02:56 PM in Advertising, Commercialism, PR, etc., Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Obesity Medications, Obesity. | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

22 February 2013

Study - Caffeine Consumption And Mortality -- WAIT, what?!

A large study of nearly half a million older adults followed for about 12 years showed --

As coffee drinking increased, the risk of death decreased.

I'm going to live forever.

Sorry.

MNT -

Study author Neal Freedman, PhD, MPH, National Cancer Institute, discusses the significance of these findings and the potential links between coffee drinking, caffeine consumption, and various specific causes of disease in an interview in Journal of Caffeine Research, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available on the Journal of Caffeine Research website.

"Epidemiology of Caffeine Consumption and Association of Coffee Drinking with Total and Cause-specific Mortality" presents an in-depth interview exploring the many factors that could contribute to the association between coffee, disease, and mortality.

Dr. Freedman examines the relationship between coffee drinking and behaviors such as smoking and alcohol abuse, the physiological effects of caffeine on blood pressure and cardiac function, and the importance of differentiating between the effects of coffee and caffeine.

"Given the near-universal daily consumption of caffeine, Dr. Freedman's research underscores the urgent need for randomized controlled trials to identify which components of coffee and other caffeine beverages benefit or harm consumers, under what circumstances, and in relation to which health outcomes," says Jack E. James, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Caffeine Research.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News. (2013, February 21). "Caffeine Consumption And Mortality." Medical News Today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256623.php.

Posted at 11:45 AM in Clinical Trials, Coffee, Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food. | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

21 February 2013

Panera Bread Hidden Menu - Or - This is how to get a MM to GO to Panera Bread?

I was just fumbling through my morning routine of empty dishwasher, make coffee, listen to morning radio. I heard this story on NPR about Secret Menus and I stopped and thought, "Well, there's today's blog entry."

BECAUSE LOOK WHAT PANERA DID AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN CAUSE IT WAS A BIG OLE SECRET!

Panera (Bread, which I avoid... because it is a BREAD. STORE. CLOAKED. AS. A. SIT. DOWN. RESTAURANT.) now offers on the sly, teh foods that I can enjoy, and that many of you can also enjoy, but we have to play the secret game to get them.

NPR -

One thing you won't see on Panera Bread's secret menu? Bread.

As Scott Davis, who oversees menus for Panera Bread, explains, "This is probably the most extreme anti-kind of Panera diet you can have, right? It doesn't include bread and flour and that sort of stuff."

Davis says that the company had been missing out on a whole group of diners: diabetics and people who were cutting carbs or avoiding gluten. This menu lets the company tap into that growing health-conscious market.

"If someone never considered Panera before because the name 'bread' is in it ... this is a way of opening that door," says Davis.

So at its 1,800 stores around the country, Panera trained its employees to either pull out the secret menu card or scan a code that'll put the menu on a customer's mobile device.

But only if someone asks for it.

Here's my rant about this -- It's A Schtick, It's A Marketing Ploy -- to get foot traffic into the restaurants to "find all the foods" that are on the "hidden" but not-so-hidden-because-we-promoted-them-on-our-website-menus.

Source: mypanera.panerabread.com via Panera on Pinterest

The restaurant also desires that while you are there, you will add-on a purchase of a simple-carb from the bakery-porn-case of scones, souffles, muffins, cookies, bagels, or loaves of bread?

Shortbread cookies are my nememis. Thank you for noticing. Let's see if I can get through there without looking. > - <

Posted at 08:08 AM in Advertising, Commercialism, PR, etc., Diabetes, Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Food and Drink, Food, Drink, Product Reviews., Health., Low Carb | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

28 January 2013

Hapi Fork - Vibrate your obesity away!

Introducing the positivity-enhanced HAPIfork! It is an electronic fork that monitors your personal eating style and habits and gives you cues as to when you are eating too fast. The HAPIform will alert you with lights and vibrations when you are shoveling food into your piehole.

I have a better idea. Add moar amps. Give your Happy A Charge!

Electricity travels through conductors - any material which allows electrical flow - as it tries to reach the ground. Because people make excellent conductors, minor electrocution is a common household hazard. Fortunately it is usually more surprising than dangerous and does not require medical attention. However, some basic precautions should be taken to insure that the shock does not interfere with the body's normal electrical impulses including the functions of the brain and the heart. Prolonged exposure to a direct source of electricity can also cause severe burns to the skin and the tissue.

It would work faster than a $100.00 vibrating fork.

Posted at 08:33 AM in Advertising, Commercialism, PR, etc., Diets, Diets, Nutrition, Food., Food and Drink, Food, Drink, Product Reviews., Nutrition | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

25 January 2013

Hungry Girl's 2013 Supermarket List

Hungry Girl just sent out her semi-annual grocery shopping list, and it's huge and not half-bad! In fact, it looks a lot like my shopping cart, times fifty?