Many bariatric patients suffer to one degree or another of disordered eating pre- and post-surgery and some go on to be diagnosed with an eating disorder. There is help, and the BEAT charity is a flag-bearer for those who want to know more and require and need to access some support. Christmas, they say, is[Read More]
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How To Stay Calm and Healthy On The Run Up To Christmas
With barely a week to go to the Christmas Holidays you can be forgiven for getting into a bit of a tizz and becoming anxious because there is so much to think about. Food, gifts, travel arrangements, are just some of those! So what can we do to keep body, soul and our surgery on[Read More]
Merry Christmas & Happy Huladays 2018!
We’re beginning to wind down now for Christmas and the holiday break and so wish you a very good time whatever you plan to do and whoever you spend it with. We’ve had a busy run up to Christmas and have now safely sent out the Christmas Newsletter to over 17 k of you[Read More]
Post-Op Holiday Drinking & Alcohol After WLS – What’s The Surgeons’ View?
GUEST POST: Alcohol after WLS. Can you drink? Is there a safe limit? At this time of year, with parties and Christmas festivities in full swing, we thought it was the perfect time to address this touchy subject. We hate to be party poopers, but the short answer: alcohol is pretty dangerous after weight-loss[Read More]
How To Have a Healthy Christmas After WLS
Christmas is coming … and with it the inevitable stress, strain, uncertainty and tricky challenges for WLS patients. We have covered this quite a few times before and more recently in our latest free Christmas 2018 Bariatric Newsletter. In it WLS dietitian Nichola came up with some brilliant advice for the lead up and[Read More]