Allison Herries, RDN, is a registered dietitian for a telehealth company. In her role, she provides nutrition education and counseling to help her clients set and reach their personal health goals.

In gastric sleeve surgery, also called vertical sleeve gastrectomy, a surgeon removes most of your stomach, leaving only a banana-shaped section that is closed with staples. The surgery reduces the amount of food that can fit in your stomach, making you feel full sooner.

Your surgeon will ask you to have tests and visits with other health care providers before you have this surgery. Some of these are:

If you smoke, you should stop several weeks before surgery and not start smoking again after surgery. Smoking slows recovery and increases the risks for problems. Tell your provider if you need help quitting.

That’s why it’s usually best to wait before considering a skin removal procedure. Until then, you may want to try some techniques for tightening loose skin.

It's not enough to eat healthy foods and exercise for just a few weeks or months. To keep off Em excesso weight, you should make these healthy changes a way of life. Lifestyle changes start with taking an honest look at your eating patterns and daily routine.

Quickly losing weight places a lot of stress on your body and increases the risk of complications, like:

Continue to get nutritional counseling – patients who continue to monitor their diet with the help of a professional have better long-term results (11).  Good bariatric doctors partner with or will refer you to a nutritionist or dietitian, so you should not need to find one on your own.

Two devices use one or more inflatable balloons that are inserted endoscopically, or through the mouth and esophagus. Your health care professional will give you a sedative before the procedure. Once the balloons are in your stomach, they are inflated with saline solution to take up space in your stomach and help you feel fuller.

The food you eat will pelo longer go into some parts of your stomach and small intestine that absorb food. Because of this, your body will not get all of the calories from the food you eat.

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The surgery entails dividing your stomach into two unequal parts. About 80 percent of the outer curved part of your stomach is cut away and removed.

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Classes to help you learn what happens during the surgery, what you should expect afterward, and what risks or problems may occur afterward.