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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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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When something doesn’t seem right do you speak your mind, do you try to help, do you ask questions and do you try to fix that which is wrong? You see time after time I hear from past patients who offered support to friends or family members by going along with them to their local ...
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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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To most people a balloon is happiness. Kids just love them. And when giving gifts a balloon usually wins a smile or two. In the medical community very tiny balloons are being used for precision procedures. Maybe you’ve heard about balloon angioplasty which is where a small balloon is inserted into a clogged coronary artery and ...
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Your present state doesn’t dictate your future self. Anything you don’t like can be changed. Including you! Yep, that’s right. The power to change isn’t always easy, but with the right support system it’s very much doable. Years ago, I watched a movie called “A Knights Tale” and in that movie a young William asks ...
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Another strange device enters the marketguaranteeing you will lose weight more naturally. Amazingly the Food and Drug Administration approved it for anyone 22 years and older who has struggled to lose weight. After reading the various write ups and seeing the videos I sincerely question the validity of this apparatus. You see this weight loss product ...
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The Biggest Loser became a highly popular TV show for NBC and it seemed to have given millions of viewers the motivation to lose weight. Unfortunately, like so many reality shows the truth is not always evident and the outcomes not what they seem. The concept of the television show was to follow contestants through ...
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In 2015, my team and I set out to help more people understand the benefits of vertical sleeve gastrectomy by creating the #AskDrA Show. The show quickly became a popular resource on social media for those not only considering the weight loss procedure but for those who underwent the life changing surgery. The #AskDrA Book is ...
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