Saturday, January 12, 2013

My Bariatric Life's Posts

Confronting America’s Obesity Epidemic

  The Obesity Epidemic   Most of us know that eating right will help maintain a healthy weight. Eating right may even protect our bodies against a variety of chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, osteo­porosis and various cancers, according to experts at Johns Hopkins. Yet despite the vast amount and... Read moreChevron

Aspartame: Sweet or Misery

Aspartame: Sweet or Misery   In an effort to reduce calories and lose weight, many obese or overweight people switch to drinking diet colas and other sugar-free products containing aspartame. Aspartame is widely known by the brand names NutraSweet and Equal, and was approved for use in diet sodas in 1983 after a tenacious and scandalous... Read moreChevron

Foods that Contain Gluten: A Detailed List

Foods that Contain Gluten   Gluten is the protein part of many grains, including wheat, barley, rye, and some oats. Gluten also is “hidden” in many foods and therefore often hard to detect. You may eat them without knowing it -- that is, until you suffer the side effects such as bloating, gas, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, etc.... Read moreChevron

Best Chain Restaurant Foods – Part 1

In two prior posts, Worst Restaurant Meals Part 1 and Part 2, I listed a handful of the worst meals that can be had in a few of America’s more popular restaurants. The list was not extravagant in length although it could have been. It seems America is bursting at the seams with bad meals. Platters consisting of salt, saturated fat, and... Read moreChevron

Gluten Intolerance (Celiac Disease) on the Rise after Weight-Loss Surgery – My Bariatric Life

Gluten Intolerance (Celiac Disease) on the Rise after Weight-Loss Surgery   During my recent colonoscopy, the gastroenterologist found celiac sprue in my bowel. There was not enough presented to definitively diagnose me with celiac, and my gastroenterologist said it looked as if I were "either coming out of or entering into celiac." As I do... Read moreChevron