Prioritizing You: The What and Why of Self-Care
In the midst of helping friends and family, have you ever felt overwhelmed by your commitments? At work, do you start to feel run down when you assist a coworker or take on an extra project? It’s not uncommon to get burned out when we spend so much of our time caring for others that we sacrifice caring for ourselves. This is why self-care is critical to taking good care of…
Saggy skin after gastric sleeve surgery
With the great boom and excellent results obtained with weight loss surgery, body contouring surgery has become a new plastic surgery subspecialty.
The cost of gastric sleeve surgery in Mexico, Why is it cheaper than in the US?
The topic of gastric sleeve costs is one that we have touched on several times before, however, based on the questions of those who are interested in our bariatric services we realize that there are still doubts and unclear areas. Therefore we will try to explain in more detail the reason for the difference in prices for…
The Role of Exercise in Preventing and Treating Obesity
For many years, health experts have been sounding the alarm on an epidemic that continues to spiral in scope: obesity. Any way you look at the numbers, the statistics are sobering.
The true Causes of Obesity and society’s ignorance
In this article we’ll give our point view on the main causes of obesity based on evidence obtained by researchers who have worked and continue to work hard to clarify the truth about this very controversial topic in our society. Unfortunately, it is very common to see that most members of society…
Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity
When a person suffers from morbid obesity and this condition begins to affect their quality of life and health, it is very recommended to consider several options to find a permanent solution to this problem to preserve health and avoid all the diseases that come along with obesity. In this article we will discuss the various treatment options for morbid…
Weight Loss Surgery and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Probably for many people the term obstructive sleep apnea is not a very familiar term, nevertheless it is a serious condition of the respiratory tract, very common in obese and not so obese patients. Since the diagnosis is not made with a simple consultation…
Weight Loss Surgery is not Esthetic or Cosmetic Surgery
This is a fundamental topic and highly recurrent for those dedicated to bariatric surgery like Obesity Free, because although this is far from a procedure with purely aesthetic goals, unfortunately,in many people exists the misconception that anyone looking to have a gastric sleeve surgery or any other bariatric procedure seeks for this option due to vanity and it really isn’t…
What happens to obese patients who become infected with coronavirus?
At the moment, despite what many believe, say or read, it is a reality that the coronavirus continues its expansion around the world, causing infections that range from asymptomatic to severe diseases that require intubation and intensive care management, and unfortunately sometimes…
Ketone Supplement Fundamentals
This process evolved to enable humans to survive long periods of time without food. Ketosis was a necessity, since without an external source of energy in the form of food, humans would have eventually starved. An evolutionary “work-around” maintained energy stores in the face of deprivation by producing molecules called ketones from the body’s own internal fat…