RECIPES TO IMPROVE GUT HEALTH AND MAXIMIZE WEIGHT LOSS AFTER SURGERY

Your gut bacteria have the ability to regulate bowel movements, determine how often you get sick, influence the amount of calories & nutrition your body absorbs, control cravings, as well as impact anxiety, & depression. New research produced in the journal “Science Translated Medicine” shows one reason gastric bypass surgery is so effective in helping patients lose weight is the positive affects the surgery has on improving patients gut bacetria.

The study points out….

“Women who had undergone gastric bypass surgery had more significant differences in the composition of their gut bacteria than the women with severe obesity who had not had surgery. For example, bacteria belonging to the genuses Escherichia, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas were more abundant in women who had undergone gastric bypass than in those who had not had surgery.”

The researchers went on to say in the journal of Cell Metabolism.

“Our results suggest that the gut mirobiota may play a direct role in the reduction of adiposity (body fat) observed after bariatric surgery “

Simply translated, gut bacteria impacts the amount of body fat you carry, so focusing on the growth of “good” bacteria (probiotics) to build up an army will maximize weight loss and improve your overall health after WLS.

When trying to avoid or lose regain, the quality of food makes all the difference.  Whole, real food gives completely different weight loss results than packaged, processed, fast foods.

As time passes after weight loss surgery, it’s easy to let the busyness of life take over. Once this happens, the next thing you know. You are out of the routine of cooking, or only cooking foods from a box or bag that are quick and convenient.

Food doesn’t have to be complicated, nor does it need to take a lot of time in the kitchen preparing delicious whole, real foods.

The following recipes are testament to this statement.

Each recipe is delicious, simple and quick. While supporting digestion, sleep, helping you think better, improving your energy, and reducing the negative affects of stress all while feeding the good bacteria in your gut.