Here’s the thing nobody tells you: you can follow your post bariatric surgery meal plan to the letter and still feel awful if you’re not getting the vitamins your body needs. I hit my protein targets, ...

Bariatric surgery is a powerful weight-loss tool that requires substantial diet and lifestyle changes after the operation. Ensuring enough nutrition can be challenging, with reduced stomach size and ...

While bariatric surgery often serves as a transformative solution for hormonal imbalances, the journey doesn’t end with the procedure itself. Many patients discover that this “factory reset” of their ...

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) may help curb the severity of hypoglycemia after weight-loss operations and even other gastrointestinal procedures, according to recent findings from a small study ...

GLP-1 agonists are increasingly used post-bariatric surgery, with semaglutide being the most common, especially among younger, female, and Black or African American patients. The study highlights the ...

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Treatment with incretin-based weight-loss medications, like GLP-1 receptor agonists, after bariatric surgery was associated with significantly lower risks of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and initiation ...

The share of patients starting GLP-1 weight-loss drugs after bariatric surgery has climbed sharply in recent years, according to a large retrospective cohort study published Aug.27 in JAMA Surgery.

Bariatric surgeries are typically safe and require thorough preparation and follow-up. Life-threatening complications are rare, but possible.

I remember standing in my kitchen at 2 AM, six months after surgery, crying over a bowl of scrambled eggs I couldn’t finish. I was doing everything my doctor told me to do, but I felt like garbage. My ...