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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(12)00352-8/pdf&ved=0ahUKEwiH37yxy5LaAhVDGt8KHYqyDkkQFghWMAE&usg=AOvVaw2FWWvx2HF2XcS_N6VH-5P3 Real proven risk of complications of obesity with tons and tons of data VS borderline non existent data on bariatric surgery and esophageal cancer. Not to suggest that bariatric surgery doesn't have flaws, but from a statistical data standpoint the benefits drastically drastically outweigh the existing (and in this case not even proven) cons Is your sister a gastrointestinal or ENT physician?

Im almost certain the reason they're allowed to label it 30g of protein is because it has two asterisks next to it, stating **equivalencies based on the clinical trial (which i linked above). Even GENEPRO doesnt claim it has 30g of protein, because it absolutely doesnt. It literally states equivalency based upon THEIR clinical trial (that they paid for). Im surprised more nutrition companies haven't employed this tactic Its really not a huge deal though, and likely would make little to no difference unless youre getting the majority/almost all of your protein from Genepro. But if youre taking 1 serving of the stuff a day, its a moot point imo

Well their claim is a bit outlandish and clearly falls in the "too good to be true" category. I would imagine that no food has 100% full absorption / 100% bio-availability, so when they make outlandish claims the burden of responsibility to support those claims falls on them. Here is their "study" supporting their claims http://www.musclegen.net/documents/geneproClinicalTrial.pdf (note its a small short term, small sample size, poorly controlled clinical train paid for by them). Personally I think their claims are 100% bs and wildly exaggerated. That said I dont think the product is bad for you, it is very much a protein supplement. That said its very likely that youre really only getting somewhere in the 11-15g range of protein per serving and absolutely not 30g. The TLDR: is basically Genepro is very likely giving you substantially less than 30g of ACTUAL protein per serving, which makes it overpriced and difficult to accurately track your macros. But if you dont mind overpaying for an easy to dissolve flavorless protein its probably just as fine as any other protein powder as a protein source. Youll just have to make an educated guess on how much protein youre consuming, and probably double their dosages to get that actual amount

Genepro is just expensive and a bit shady. I'm not quite sure how they can claim their protein shake contains 30g of protein yet is only 56 calories, when one gram of protein is 4 calories. Clearly they're either lying or misleading their customers I don't think anybody is going to have the perfect answer for you, but I know there's definitely going to be better value stuff out there that doesn't have question marks surrounding it

I'm not sure how long post op this goes for or if all surgeons say it. But my group says no blending protein drinks for a while after surgery, as if gets too much air in your stomach and causes discomfort/fills you up

Try getting creative with protein products you dont like. Drinking them is boring. Sugar free Pudding, protein fluff, mugcakes smoothies,, cookies are all things ive done with protein powder. Some are easier/healthier than others, but theres so many creative ways to use the stuff that it can go from disgusting crap to edible and enjoyable Personally I think you take any protein powder mix it with coconut flour baking powder splenda and skim milk toss in the microwave and itll taste pretty decent (if thanks to only the coconut flour)

Just my experience but I took whey protein from something I never enjoyed (at best tolerated it, at worst thought it was gross as hell) and turned it into something I LOVE eating. The two ways I eat my whey (yes I eat it don't drink it) Is the protein mugcake recipe (which is basically whey, baking powder, skim milk and I add a little coconut flour) and you microwave it. Or protein fluff is basically protein powder (usually a mix of whey and casien) xanthum gum and skim milk and you use electric beaters to turn it into a whipped cream/Ice cream You could Google booth and tinker with the recipes, but it's absolutely delicious. I don't consume whey because I need to (you don't) I consume it because it's a healthy delicious snack that I love eating and look forward to. So if you're not enjoying the taste, get creative with the recipes. There's so many protein recipes that taste great, and I know I'm extremely happy with the two that I use

If your hernia requires mesh surgeons don't like to do bariatric surgery with it because of risk of contamination. However if you have stones in your gallbladder... That's pretty common and could work. The hernia thing is a possibility thoguh

240 calories of "empty" calories (320 minus the 80 from protein) is still pretty bad when you're getting around 1200 calories a day.

If you had a bypass its very very different. But with a sleeve I honestly notice absolutely no difference. And im not a big drinker (handful of times a year) Hell I went out for drinks about 6 weeks after my surgery (it was the holidays) and two drinks did absolutely nothing for me. The biggest difference I notice is I dont enjoy most of the drinks I would have enjoyed preoperatively, due to changes in taste I would be completely shocked if half a glass, let alone a whole glass of wine got you anything more than tipsy (unless were talking one of those gigantic glasses filled way up)

I make my own "ice cream" like concoction very frequently. Nutritionally speaking its basically skim milk + protein powder Personally I think the homemade stuff is going to be cheaper, healthier, and taste better than any of the store bought stuff.

I have two large bags of this stuff I bought after seeing a deal about it on slickdeals It's the most disgusting vile smelling protein powder I've purchased in years. I'm likely going to end up throwing all of it out. Wouldn't reccomend the stuff to anybody I believe brownie batter and cookies and cream were the two mistakes I made

A doctor said certain zero calorie foods were a no go? I find that particularly hard to believe Also I think sugar free popsicles/jello are an extremely common reccomendation from surgeons and nutritionist for patients especially in early stages. As a matter of fact sugar free jello and Italian ices were part of the meal plan when I was in the hospital postoperatively

I don't know if it would work quite the same way as it's really dependent on getting air in there to fluff it up and give it that volume/texture. Can you make homemade whipped cream in a vitamix? If so then this would probably work in something like that, if you can't then this probably wouldn't.

1 Scoop Protein Powder (i suggest truetein, Casien or mixes work best) 0.75 Teaspoon Xanthum gum A fist full of splenda 1 Cup of skim milk Mix drys together in large bowl Add 0.75 of skim milk beat with electric beaters for several minutes Add half of left over milk repeat, add rest mix till desired texture I suggest using vanilla and adding desired flavors. Example Torani sugar free vanilla for vanilla. or 2 tablespoons pb2 powder for peanut butter Macros 230 calories 36g protein <1g fat 21g carbs (almost completely milk) This is delicious and incredibly filling takes me close to an hour to eat, can be had in all stages of your diet Pics included, you can see there's a lot of volume. And the final product is something between a soft serve ice cream and a heavy whipped cream.

Depends on your insurance, but the most likely scenario is you're screwed, unless you have a comorbidity or plan on paying cash

I don't have a lot, it's certainly not bad. I would probably avoid a tummy tuck just because I think the scars would be worse than any benefits in my case. I'm just trying to figure out if it's reasonable to expect any improvement in the first year, or if it is what it is and it ain't ever changing. If there's even a little improvement id probably never do any kind of contouring, if there's none I think a mini tummy tuck could be a reasonable solution (as I only have it in that front lower abdomen area, pretty much noticeable only when sitting or bending over) Of course I lost like 75 pounds (the majority) of my weight in 3 months, so I didn't know if it's reasonable to expect the skin to "catch up" or not

I know theres a million posts on this topic (and ive read through far too many without getting the answer im looking for) But if you achieve the majority/all of your weight loss relatively rapidly (4-6 months post operatively) will loose skin improve at all over the following year or so after that? Obviously I dont expect nor think anyone should expect miracles. But if your weight loss occurs extremely quickly how much of an improvement will you see in loose skin over the next year or so after that while maintaining the weight loss ? Or is there pretty much no improvement in skin for the most part, with the exception of significant muscle/weight regain ? And im aware that genetics/age/environment etc etc all are factors, im just trying to figure out if theres a window of opportunity where SOME improvement occurs or if thats not actually a normally occuring thing.

More incisions is often because of adhesions (scar tissue) from trauma or previous surgery, and it allows them to get around those areas by going in different areas instead. However in your case a hellers myotmy during a bypass is rare (I've never seen one done at the same time as a bypass surgery only seperately) so it's entirely possible that some trocar sites were because it's in a different area than the bypass and you couldn't use all of the same Trocar sites. Likely it's a combination of the two

I mean I never heard the incisional/umbilical hernia thing. As a matter of fact the group I work with frequently reccomends that a patient comes back to have them repaired about 6 months after their WLS, as the defects are usually easier to repair and repair better on less obese patients. That said if a patient has had previous umbilical/incisional surgery it will make their surgery slightly more difficult but nothing crazy. Thoguh the presence of a mesh is often a nuisance

Tried freezing leftovers, with mixed results. The top of it was almost leathery (I did after all just experimentally toss it in the freezer in an uncovered bowl for two days) however after getting rid of the top it was actually pretty good and relatively similar to icecream (I did eat the entire bowl even the leathery top part, of course im a sucker for peanut butter). I think if you take it out of the freezer and let it sit for 10-15 minutes its pretty good (this is basically what I did) I still think its best eaten immediately fresh out of the bowl. But I think freezing it and eating it frozen is viable, and using some kind of tupperware/lid would probably negate the leathery top effect

Once you are cleared to have foods that are blended or whipped (usually pretty soon after surgery) I recommend trying this I eat this almost every single day. Taste like ice cream/whipped cream and its ingredients are almost completely protein powder + fat free milk. With something like this in my diet (which seriously is delicious) I have no interest in eating any junk food/garbage. And its definitely healthy enough to be an everyday food while satisfying that sweet tooth urge.

The hiatal hernia has no impact on insurance approval. As another poster said it "could" lower the cost if youre a self pay and your doctor helps you out. It has almost no impact on the surgery being done. Typically adds about 10 minutes to the length of the surgery, unless you have an extremely bad/large hiatal hernia which is rare/unlikely (and if you did youd suffer from severe heart burn) Weight loss will not make a hiatal hernia go down. It will reduce the chances of you getting one, but it will not make one go away. The organization I work for I would say probably 30-40% of sleeve gastrectomy patients have hiatal hernia repairs during their sleeve, its extremely common. I had a hiatal hernia repair during mine, its no big deal. I have absolutely no idea why your surgeon doesnt do sleeve gastrectomy on patients with a hiatal hernia, it makes zero sense to me. Its extremely common. Not wanting to do a sleeve on a patient with reflux/bad reflux I could understand (and instead recommending a gastric bypass for them) is perfectly normal and acceptable. But saying I dont do bariatric surgery on patients with hiatal hernias makes zero sense to me. It would be like a thoracic surgeon saying they wont do lung surgery on patients that ever smoked (which is the majority of them)

Vaseline is king for your lips especially if used twice maybe 3 times a day. Biotene hasn't helped much with my dry mouth, though it does help.

This is typically done, but it's usually for only one finger (a ring finger is ideal)