According to a study by WHO (World Health Organization), since 1980, the number of obese people has doubled worldwide.

According to their study, more than 1.9 billion adults are now overweight, with 600 million in the obese ratio. Because of the increase in weight and harmful fat, many obese people are now suffering from numerous health-related problems, some of which are listed below:

Health Effects of Obesity

Coronary Heart Disease

A rise in your body mass index can also increase the risk of coronary heart disease. This condition occurs when a waxy substance known as plaque starts building up inside the arteries. Since the arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart, the blockages cause the blood flow to reduce. That in turn, can cause an angina or a heart attack.

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure or hypertension is caused when the blood is forced against the walls of the arteries as the heart muscle pumps blood. The pressure with which the blood is forced can rise and stay risen for periods of time, which can damage the body in many ways.

Stroke

A stroke is caused when there is a plaque buildup in your arteries. When that plaque buildup ruptures, it causes a blot clot to form. When that clot gets close to your brain, it gets stuck as a block which narrows down the passage of blood and oxygen to your brain, which in turn, causes a stroke.

Diabetes – Type 2

Diabetes is a very common disease amongst overweight people. This disease occurs when the blood sugar level becomes too high in the body. Normally the body breaks down the food into glucose by using a hormone known as insulin.

However, in type-2 diabetes, the cells in our body fail to utilize insulin properly. And although first the body makes more insulin to combat this issue, overtime, the body fails to sustain the insulin needed to control the blood sugar level.

Cancer

Patients that are obese can also suffer from different types of cancer since the extra weight can increase the risk of colon cancer, breast cancer, endometrial and gallbladder cancer.

Osteoarthritis

Our bones and joints suffer a lot of pain due to the excessive weight gain; the most common areas affected being the knees, hips and lower back. This happens because the tissue that protects these joints wears away due to the added pressure, causing pain.

Sleep Apnea

As a common disorder, sleep apnea occurs in overweight people specifically when they have fat stored around the neck. The fat causes the airway to narrow, making it harder for the person to breathe. This causes the person to have shallow breaths when they sleep and can even result in pauses when they are breathing.

Reproductive Problems

There has been a direct correlation between obesity and reproductive problems. Obesity affects a woman’s menstrual cycle and can cause hormonal imbalances and ovulation issues, which can in turn, cause fertility problems. Being overweight can cause obese men to have a low sperm quality and erectile dysfunction.

So what’s the solution?

For all these issues, the best way to combat obesity is not only by following a healthy diet and regime but also by opting for bariatric weight loss surgery.

Many clients who come to International Patient Facilitators seek our services to explore different options of mini bypass surgery and bariatric weight loss surgery in Mexico. The country offers premium healthcare for patients.

If you want to become fit again, contact us so that we can provide the best options for your health.

Almost all patients are going to be nervous and stressed prior to a bariatric procedure in Mexico. Naturally we all love to eat. Even if we can drink all our nutrients through a straw, who would want to ? Many patients are “stress eaters” so “not eating” when they are stressed and anxious before bariatric surgery, makes things even a bit harder to comprehend.

Let’s talk now about the Infamous Pre Op Diet

Ultrasound based studies have proven that liver shrinkage does occur after the liver shrinking diet is performed. All the more reason to follow the guidelines as an engorged liver will make your surgeons job a lot easier and safer.

A lot of patients are diabetes so controlling blood surgery and caloric intake through the liquid diet will improve these conditions. If blood sugar is controlled, this decreases the risk of infection post op.

Patients are often found to have hernias. Bariatric surgeons can and will repair these hernias but enlarged livers can get in the way of the repair. Basically your surgeon can and will do a better job if you have followed the pre.op diet and your liver is out of the way.

Patients who are extremely obese, will be on an extended pre.op diet prior to surgery. The maximum is generally 3 weeks and the average patient will follow a 10 day pre op diet.

We need to understand that the pre.op diet is not to torture you, but it is to ensure that your surgery is a success with less chances for any complications to occur. Here is a sample of the pre.op diet which we require patients to follow prior to surgery.

What is a pouch reset?

What an amazing organ our stomach is. It expands to fit large quantities of food and then decreases back to its average size as the food is passed into the digestive tract. Even after bariatric surgery has been done, the stomach keeps stretching and contracting.

Today society is filled with food and we can easily eat until our stomachs can no longer stretch to hold more food. In the past, this was okay due to the scarceness of food when hunting and agriculture were not available all year long. But these days we keep eating so much everyday which causes our hunger and full signals to become distorted. Now we only consider ourselves full until we can no longer physically eat another bite.

Many people say that when you eat, the folds of tissue within your stomach, stretches, and with the constant amount of food entering our bodies, it does not return to its normal size. Your stomach then welcomes larger and larger amounts of food into it until you finally feel full.

A pouch reset is a tool used to help your stomach go back to its normal size which is done by majorly decreasing the amount of food entering our bodies.

How does it work?

The pouch imitates your immediate diet after surgery. Usually the average post gastric surgery diet lasts 1 to 2 months and has four or five stages. The pouch reset lasts a little over a week but uses similar guidelines. You must remember that you are cutting down the amount of food you eat so it’s recommended that you follow this process with help of your nutritionist.

If you would like a copy of the pouch reset, reach out to us and we will send it to you:

Bariatric Options:                                     Medical Form

• Gastric Balloon
• Lap Band
• Mini Gastric Bypass
• Full Gastric Bypass
• Gastric Sleeve
• Gastric Plication Surgery
• Conversion or Revision Surgery
• Duodenal Switch Surgery

Dr. Sergio Verboonen