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Vitamin B-Complex Gastric Bypass Patients Must Supplement

May 7th, 2008 by itbsuperrich

The malabsorptive nature of the gastric bypass system prohibits adequate amounts of B-complex vitamins from food sources from entering the body of weight loss surgery patients. Annual blood tests indicate that patients who do not supplement their diet with B-Complex Vitamins are deficient.

Chicken & Apricots Boost Potassium Intake for WLS Patients

April 14th, 2008 by itbsuperrich

Potassium is one of the nutrients gastric bypass patients tend to be deficient. In fact many weight loss surgery patients supplement their diet with potassium.

There are many foods rich in potassium which are well tolerated by most weight loss surgery patients. Foods such as apricots, butte…



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