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Probiotics Help Gastric-Bypass Patients Lose Weight More Quickly Print
Written by Colin   

yoghurt potWhilst surfing the net for the latest information on Bariatric Surgery, I came across this rather intriguing article. If you are a bypass patient, I am sure you will find it most interesting:

"In a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, John Morton, MD, associate professor of surgery at the medical school [Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA], showed that patients who take probiotics after the gastric-bypass procedure tend to shed more pounds than those who don't take the supplements. Probiotics are the so-called "good" bacteria found in yogurt as well as in over-the-counter dietary supplements that help in the digestion of food."

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The importance of Supplements after Surgery Print

vitaminsMost patients of weight-loss surgery will at some point discover the need for vitamin supplementation. In fact, medical and nutritional experts are virtually unanimous on the subject of bariatric vitamins as a post-procedure regimen.

But what are these vitamins and supplements in the first place, and who should take them? One problem with several forms of weight loss surgery, and especially absorptive forms of surgery such as the Roux-en-Y and sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch, is that gastric bypass surgery not only lowers the number of calories that the body can absorb from the food eaten, but also severely limits the take-up of the necessary level of vitamins and minerals. As a result, people undergoing bariatric surgery have to take vitamin and mineral supplements for the remainder of their life.
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How surgery affects patients ability to efficiently use vitamins and minerals Print

The restrictive and mal-absorptive gastric bypass procedure commonly produces an increased risk of predictable nutrient deficiencies. There are vitamin B12, iron, folate, calcium absorption, and less common, zinc and the fat soluble vitamins A, D, and E. As the gastric band and gastric sleeve procedure (without duodenal switch) are restrictive-only procedures, deficiencies are not so commonly encountered.
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