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Weight Loss

June 3rd, 2008

Nutrition and weight-loss researchers say that some supplements can give you an advantage in the battle to be slim (helping you lose about 2 to 3 pounds a month).
Protein can reduce hunger (thereby decreasing the calories you consume), help you preserve muscle as you lose weight, and help your body build more muscle, particularly if [...]

Dietary Recommendations After Gastric Bypass Surgery

June 3rd, 2008

When obesity gets out of hand, unresponsive to dietary, lifestyle and medical interventions, drastic measures are needed to cut down calorie intake. Morbid obesity with a BMI (body mass index, a measure of malnutrition) above 40 kg/m2 is an indication for surgical procedures such as gastric bypass surgery. Gastric bypass is now a well-trodden path [...]