Plant Proteins and Unhealthy Lifestyle
Vegetarians everywhere noted the study that said if you eat more plant proteins it offsets the risk of an unhealthy lifestyle. But did it really say that?
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Lap Band Tips: How to Avoid Food Getting Stuck in Your Band
Do you keep getting food stuck in your Lap-Band? Here are three simple rules to avoid the problem
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Sous Vide Cooking
Sous Vide cooking represents the easiest way to start cooking, and no worries about over cooking food. I started using this method of cooking in 2009 and quickly discovered that some of my patients, who could not tolerate over cooked meats.
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Lap-Band Low BMI Study Shows Success
The recent FDA study about the Lap-Band on patients who were obese but not morbidly obese has concluded and found to be safe and effective. This study was done over multiple centers with careful reporting of every adverse event.
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Apollo EndoSurgery buys Lap-Band- and stumbles
The good news: Apollo Endosurgery bought the Lap-Band – the bad news, they didn’t bring the major player with them – Jim Caggiano
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Lap-Band Directs Patients Away from Some Surgeons
Lap-Band’s website has started to remove surgeon’s names who have not provided the after-care and support that is needed for the weight loss operation. They also are starting an effort to direct patients who are having difficulty to surgeons who are interested in the band, and not just removing it.
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Lap Band’s Perfect Storm and Turn Around
Weight loss surgery is a business, and Allergan, who bought the Lap-Band, made about every wrong move a company could make.
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The Lap-Band: Operation is Easy, Aftercare is Critical
Governor Christie had his surgery done by a surgeon who knows and understands the benefit of aftercare. There is a clear, and published difference between those surgeons who know how to teach patients to use the band, and those who do not. The key: getting a band done by an experienced surgeon who is interested in lifestyle changes of the paitent.
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Governor Christie Gets the Lap-Band: Our Concerns
The governor of New Jersey had a Lap-Band installed in February and has already lost 40 pounds- which is a little over 10 pounds a month. He had the band installed by a great surgeon, Dr. George Fielding, who himself has a Lap-Band Of all the weight loss operations, the Lap-Band is the least invasive.
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