Support Important After The Weight-Loss Surgery
The Guardian, 15th July 2010
The new research shows how much joining a support group after the weight-loss surgery helps to lose and maintain weight. It is extremely important to remind the post-op patients about their routine: walking, eating fruit and veg, avoiding junk food.
250 women took part in the study. It showed that only four yearly group sessions plus phone reminders, helped them to lose weight after the surgery and maintain it. All women managed to lose 0.2 pounds of weight in average. Women who didn’t take part in the support groups, put on 1.8 pounds.
It seems clear that weight-loss surgery is only a beginning of a long way. In order to be successful, patients should change a life-style, adding plenty of exercise and a healthy diet but also seek some support. The support groups gain popularity and, as the research shows, play an important part in the weigh-loss process.
Another research was carried out to find out what role in this the weight-loss supplements play. The study, presented at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, Sweden, showed that supplements such as: t guar gum, chromium picolinate, Ephedra spp. Citrus aurantium (bitter orange), conjugated linoleic acid, calcium, glucomannan, chitosan, and Camellia sinensis (green tea) didn’t have any effect in the weight-loss.
The advice given by the researches is simple and says to consume plenty of fruit and vegetables, drink water instead of fizzy drinks, avoid fast foods and snacks, exercise every day.
Even though the advice is pretty simple, it is easy to come back to the old habits. Joining a support group will surely help to stay motivated and stick to a healthier life-style
