Meet the Upper GI Surgery Doctors
At Upper GI Surgery we have a multidisciplinary team dedicated to our patients ensuring they are provided with the best standard of care possible, whether that be for bariatric surgery, reflux, hernia or any of our other treatment options. Each member of our team is...
Intermittent Fasting for Maintenance of Weight Loss
You may have heard of intermittent fasting, the 5:2 diet, eat-stop-eat, the 16/8 method… there are many different names for intermittent fasting but essentially they all follow the same theory of having periods during which you can eat “normally” and periods of...
Why walking is the best exercise
For those out there that aren’t big fans of exercise (and the sceptics that struggle to believe that anybody actually enjoys exercising) then this blog is likely going to make your day. If you don’t like or can’t handle rigorous exercise, struggle to find time to get...
A Guide to Success After Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a fantastic tool to be used to help those that are obese or morbidly obese to reduce their excess weight dramatically. Studies show that 90% of patients are able to lose and maintain a weight loss of 50% excess weight or more. In order to be...
Minimum Weekly Exercise Guidelines
It’s that time again when the new year’s resolutions have come and gone, and people are slowly slipping back into their old routines. One of your goals this year might have been to exercise more, but maybe you are finding this difficult to stick to and are now...
Getting Pregnant After Bariatric Surgery
Can I get pregnant following bariatric surgery? This is a question we are commonly asked. Following bariatric surgery, most women find their fertility rapidly improves. So much may your fertility improve over the first couple of months that it may be possible...