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Tips for People on A Diet
How many holidays we are forced to attend throughout the year? It depends on the social activity, but in one way or another, between releases, presentations, weddings and christenings and business lunches and dinners, any professional is involved in banquets where everything goes against its weight.
However, in today’s society, where ecology and other healthcare positions there will be more slowly as smoking cessation, there is no need to justify, just becomes an elegant sign of denial and the waiter leaves, without our having to any explanation of our partners.
When attending a party:
* Try to eat some of his dietary program before leaving, what will give strength to deny the obvious temptation.
* Allow sweets and alcoholic beverages. Drink fruit juice, mineral water or soda with ice and lemon.
* Refuse to choose canapes and cheese.
* If there is only sandwiches, accept a cap that has ham or cheese and avoid like the devil anything whatever, including mayonnaise.
* Do not drink alcohol on an empty stomach. If you must take a whiskey, add enough water, ice or soda. Do not let the joy of a glass allows the obesity regain the lost weight, and you know that after the first drink, they can get other, as the former inhibits the will.
Surgical treatment of obesity
When obesity and associated diseases threaten the lives of individuals, professionals make use of all surgical procedures called “stomach reduction. This type of surgery is complex but the results, in most cases, are excellent and represent a new opportunity for patients.
1. Bariatric surgery as a last resort
Operation. With this type of intervention will minimize the cavity, so that the patient feels satisfied with less food.
When there trying to fix the endocrine obesity through diet and exercise, but if it does not go to the surgeon is recommended in obesity or digestive specialist to find the right technique to the problem, depending on the type of obesity and its habits.
In general it is generally recommended for patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher is considered morbidly obese and people over 35 and suffering from any serious illness (diabetes, hypertension, arthritis disabling for overweight … ). Already exceeded a BMI of 35 could presage the rapid changes in the problem.
It is not aesthetic but bariatric surgery and is a radical change of habits because it alters completely the process of digestion and absorption of food.
The capacity of the stomach of a morbidly obese individual is much greater than that of a normal person. With this type of intervention will minimize the cavity, so that the patient feels satisfied with less food.
Although recent years have made great strides in this area, particularly with regard to safety, the operation is not without risks and there is still a small mortality rate (between 1 and 2%).
In order to improve technique and reduce complications, bariatric physicians in collaboration with the Medical College of Barcelona, prepare a protocol for obesity surgery will be completed in coming months and to establish patterns of action to which should benefit all professionals.