Facebook Dr. Anil Home page AutismItsGutStupid
Wall Street Journal Best Seller Dr. M's Seven-X Plan for Digestive Health
If you are overweight and contemplating bariatric surgery, do not defer your exercise plan until after you have had bariatric surgery. Do not forget that this surgery like any other can have significant complications including death. An otherwise fit obese person is much more likely to have successful surgical outcome with fewer complications than someone that is not.
Is It Leaky Gut or Leaky Gut Syndrome?
Dr McCullough, and colleagues from William Beaumont Hospital, in Michigan studied 109 patients who underwent bariatric surgery. Peak oxygen consumption during exercise testing was used as a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness. Their findings were published in the August 2006 issue of the journal Chest.
These investigators found that significant complications occurred in 16.6% patients with low peak oxygen consumption as compared to 2.8% patients with higher peak oxygen consumption. Similarly, poorly fit patients required longer hospital stays and had to be readmitted to the hospital more frequently.
Bottom line, if you are overweight and contemplating bariatric surgery, do not put off exercising till after your surgery. Optimize your cardiorespiratory fitness to get the optimal surgical results.
Do you exercise frequently? Do you have a formal exercise plan and/or work with a trainer? No matter what your body weight is, exercise is needed!
