by Aimee Dyess, MS, RDN, LD, CDE | Sep 25, 2018 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Weight Loss, Women's Health
Following bariatric surgery not only are you consuming a decreased amount of food, due to your smaller stomach pouch, but there is also malabsorption of vitamins and minerals. This malabsorption occurs after both the roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the sleeve...
by Aimee Dyess, MS, RDN, LD, CDE | Jul 30, 2018 | Men's Health, Stay Well, Weight Loss, Women's Health
We know healthy eating plays an important role in meeting long-term health goals, but with so many other things on our plate it can be easy to put our nutrition goals on the back burner and opt to grab a meal out or run through a drive-thru. Although it takes a little...
by Ernest S. of Ringgold, GA | Jun 15, 2018 | Men's Health, Stories of Hope, Weight Loss, Women's Health
In 2003, my wife and I moved from Virginia to Georgia. My weight was already over 300 pounds. I was having a lot of problems with my knees, feet, and back. I had arthritis, high blood pressure, gout, and diabetes. By 2006, I was having so much trouble that I often...
by erlangerhealth | May 4, 2018 | Men's Health, Regain Health, Weight Loss, Women's Health
When you think of bariatric surgery, weight loss probably comes immediately to mind. And while weight loss is one benefit of this type of surgery, it’s not the only one. Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people undergo some type of bariatric...
by erlangerhealth | Dec 12, 2017 | Men's Health, Stories of Hope, Weight Loss, Women's Health
Healthcare professionals from the Chattanooga region recently had an opportunity to network with other professionals who have a passion for treating individuals with the disease of obesity and obesity-related health complications at the first annual Metabolic...
by Elizabeth Aslinger | Dec 12, 2017 | Men's Health, Stories of Hope, Weight Loss, Women's Health
After years of struggling with weight loss, I chose to have the intragastric balloon placed. The intragastric balloon allowed me to achieve what seemed to be unachievable goals. As I approached my mid-late 30’s my weight continually crept up. I would change my eating...
