Culinarians are experts in the art and science of cooking and serving food but it is also a special day for anyone who cooks. That means just about all of us get to celebrate this day. You don’t have to be a chef, a graduate of a culinary institute, or a great cook to ...
What is mindful eating? One of our favorite websites, AmIHungry.com, defines it as helping us to learn what our body is telling us about hunger and satisfaction. Mindful eating helps us to become more aware of what part of the body is craving food – the heart, the mind and the body complex is an ...
Homemade BBQ Sauce This sauce is usually made with a base of a tomato product, vinegar, liquid smoke, spices, salt, pepper, and sweeteners. Commercially prepared barbeque sauce is loaded with salt and sugar. If you have had gastric bypass or sleeve surgery, the sugar in the sauce may cause dumping syndrome. Make your own ...
We all have choices to make in life. You chose to have weight loss surgery to help you lose weight and keep it off. You choose the foods and portion sizes you eat to help you with those goals. So just because you can eat something, that doesn’t mean you should eat it. If ...
At Western Bariatric Institute, we have designed our weight loss programs to fit the needs of all patients, because we understand how important this surgery is. Nevada has some of the lowest prices in the United States for weight loss surgery, and specifically, for self-pay sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Out-of-State Weight Loss Patients Western Bariatric Institute ...
Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Basil and Whitefish This is an easy recipe with two of summer’s best fresh foods, tomatoes and basil. If you are a novice cook, this recipe is a good one to improve your fish preparation skills. Click here for the recipe.
We are fortunate to live in an area with beautiful parks and many opportunities for outdoor activity. Make a plan to visit your favorite park or check out a new one. Meet friends for a picnic, practice yoga, play ball, go swimming, or take a walk. Remember to take along your water bottle! And while ...
A gastrectomy is a medical procedure performed at a bariatric institute where all or parts of your stomach are surgically removed. A gastrectomy is typically performed due to stomach cancers or other medical implications, such as obesity. At Western Bariatric Institute, more than 4,000 successful vertical sleeve, Lap-Band, and Roux-en-Y gastrectomy procedures have been performed. ...
Shake the salt habit. Did you know the average American consumes more than 3,400 mg of sodium daily? That’s a little more than 1.5 teaspoons of salt! The recommendation from the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is less than 2,300 mg a day. For persons who are age 51 and older, African American, or ...