I Googled “Weight Loss Surgery” and Found Dr. Alvarez


Nothing Ever Worked Until...I Found Dr. Alvarez! I battled with weight my entire life from early childhood until 36 years old. It was always a struggle and became even worse when I developed hypothyroidism in my early 30's. I tried every diet plan, exercise plan, medication, and gimmick in the book. Nothing ever worked! Thank ...
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Enriching Lives…One Sleeve and One Tree At A Time!


One tree? What? I’ll explain in a minute, but first let me bring you up to speed on the Foundation.  In March 2016, I launched a new service as a direct result of negative publicity surrounding a cheap surgery center and the horrendous services patients were receiving. It was horrible. People were getting hurt.  I ...
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Overcoming Gastroparesis: My Endobariatric Story Part 1


My story's a little bit different as far as the gastric sleeve goes, because my initial research on it was not for weight loss. I was diagnosed with diabetes, type 2 diabetes, 5 years ago. During that process, I got extremely sick. I was not responding to the Metformin. I was not responding to insulin ...
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Getting Pregnant After Sleeve Surgery


Being overweight presents many challenges, fertility being one of them. When you’re chronically overweight your hormones tend not to be so active. Maybe you want to start a family or grow your family, but because of those hormones not kicking in like they are supposed to, getting pregnant seems like a distant dream. Well I’m ...
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Successful Weight Loss Starts With Goals


What are your weight loss goals?   That’s a question I ask every single patient who walks through our doors. And it’s a very important question. And the answers they give will determine their success at achieving those goals.   Hi, I’m Dr. Guillermo Alvarez a Mexican bariatric weight loss surgeon and chief educator here ...
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Staying Connected


For those following Endobariatric on social media, maybe you’ve noticed we made a few changes. The changes were made to help us improve the overall user experience we deliver to you every single day. Since the majority of our weight loss fans, friends and followers are on Facebook we’ve concentrated the changes there first. Why? Well, ...
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