Can Nutritional Deficiencies Lead to Weight Regain?
YES!
Weight Regain is common, and a frustrating reality for many weight loss surgery patients.
Causes of weight regain are not always straight forward. It can be easy to not feel great after regaining weight post-surgery. There are a variety of factors that can get in the way of forward progress.
However, there is one important factor that is often overlooked, malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
Fatigue, muscle weakness, depression, frequent illness, and memory loss are all signs and symptoms that might be signs of protein malnutrition or micronutrient deficiencies. They could ALSO be the reasons that you may want to eat more.
Changing your routine and wanting to eat more is common when you feel tired and down. It can also lead to being less active and avoiding exercise.
You can avoid nutritional deficiencies and help prevent unwanted weight regain by doing these 3 things:
- Take a high quality Bariatric Specific Multi-Vitamin, like Opurity® Vitamins every day.
- Meet your daily protein goals with high-quality protein like UNJURY® Protein.
- Be sure that your medical team is doing lab work that is recommended for bariatric patients by ASMBS.