Making smart choices after gastric bypass surgery
On her fifth attempt, at age 64, Diana Nyad finally completed the 110.86-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. She knew exactly what she was in for, having previously encountered dehydration, terrible weather and stinging box jellyfish that triggered severe cramping and raging pain.
But in 2015, for the more than 45,000 people in the U.S. who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RNYGB) surgery, the gastrointestinal perils they encountered post-op were a lot more challenging than they had expected. That's because until now, researchers hadn't clearly identified the bloating, gas and food intolerances patients develop as they begin shedding their excess weight.
Researchers writing in the British Journal of Surgery revealed recently that over 70 percent of RNYGB patients cannot eat high-fat or high-sugar foods or red meats without experiencing troubling gastrointestinal distress. Well, those Food Felons that fuel obesity, heart disease, dementia, wrinkles and a lousy sex life are just what you should eliminate from your diet anyway - and after surgery, you're going to hear it big-time from your newly redesigned gut!
So we're here to say congrats on having the surgery, but make sure you commit to changing your habits and lifestyle before the procedure. It'll help you reverse Type 2 diabetes and dodge complications far worse than box jellyfish stings.
Then afterward, like Nyad, you'll be able to declare: "I got to ... have a dream that was so epic and to ... stick with it, to finally arrive at that shore - that defines a life, that story."
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