Archives: October 2024
Choosing Between Bariatric Surgery & Weight Loss Medication (Wegovy & Zepbound)
Patients have a choice between multiple effective weight loss options for the first time in many years. Until recently, bariatric surgery was the only way for most obese patients to experience dramatic and sustained weight loss. However, our armamentarium has another option with weight loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound, also known as GLP-1 receptor agonists. While these medications represent a very different weight loss modality compared to bariatric surgery, both can offer significant weight loss and are particularly effective when selected for the correct patients.
Getting Your Protein – From a Patient’s Perspective
By Chad Reott, SADI patient
Few of us understand how vital protein is to the human body until we need it to stay healthy. I’ll be honest—I did not. However, throughout my bariatric surgery and the ensuing process, I have learned a lot about protein and how it interacts with the body.
One of the things that stuck out to me most, and I had no fundamental understanding of, was when my sister, who is an ICU nurse, advised me that I needed this protein to help my body heal following my surgery and to prepare it before surgery. She was frustrated I wasn’t eating enough protein and suggested I may be increasing my risk of complications.
Alright, enough about me.