Eating Healthy During The Holidays

Eating Healthy During The Holidays

Bari Life Bariatric Vitamins is passionate about assisting you on your pre and post bariatric surgery journey. We work hard to ensure our vitamins, supplements, and products are of the absolute highest quality and value. It is because of you that we continue to make sure our bariatric vitamins and products are the best on the market and that we meet and exceeds all clinical standards, while at the same time being simple and affordable supplementation. YOU are the reason our products are so great, thank you for pushing us to exceed not only ASBMS standards but our own high level of standards daily!

It is also important to us to provide useful information for your life, health, and enjoyment! With the holidays approaching, we would like to share with you a bit of our "healthy holiday eating" tips. It is just a few little things that we hope will make a difference to make your holidays healthier and happier.

Exercise. Exercising can help burn off excess calories and fat consumed over the holiday gatherings. Please be sure to check with your Doctor to find the best routine to fit your fitness level.

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Think about your cooking methods. Grilling is always better than frying and if you are roasting try some of the low-calorie spray oils. Steaming vegetables is a great way to keep as much of the nutrients in as well!

HAVE YOU TRIED? Our BBQ Protein Chips, They are wonderful option for a healthy snack that will satisfy your salty crunchy craving without wrecking your diet! http://goo.gl/HZKG8E

Don't starve yourself. Eat often. Low-fat healthy snacks through out the day. This will be a great way to fend off the big holiday meal "binge", as you won't be so hungry and feel ravenous by the time the holiday gathering starts.

Watch out for sugary foods! Over-indulging in sweet/rich food can make you feel sick and bloated. Instead stock up on raw vegetables, wash ahead of time and keep in snack bags to make it easier to choose the healthy options.

But for those of you with an incurable sweat tooth that must indulge...TRY a healthy option Bari Life Caramel Brownie Delight Bars http://goo.gl/NEvZ5E

When your full stop eating. Don't feel obligated to finish your plate. Listen to yourself and when your body signals that you've had enough, stop eating.

We hope this blog will be helpful to help make your festivities even healthier!

To your health! 

The Bari Life Team
Bari Life is high quality bariatric vitamins that are clinically proven supplements to help in post bariatric surgery.
Order Online Here www.barilife.com

Pumpkin Bariatric Protein Shake

Try Our Bariatric Protein Shake

At Bari Life Bariatric Vitamins and Supplements, we not only want to provide the highest quality and simple bariatric vitamins for your life, but we also help make it enjoyable for your diet and taste buds to live the healthiest life post bariatric surgery as possible.

This time of  year we understand it's hard to stick to the most optimal for your diet while you satisfy your taste buds.

We would like to share with you this delicious bariatric protein shake for this holiday season, that is sure to be good for you, but also satisfy your holiday taste buds!

PUMPKIN BARIATRIC PROTEIN SHAKE RECIPE:

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Bari Life Vanilla Pudding/Shake http://goo.gl/uI7YCs

1/4 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice)

1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice Sugar Free Syrup (Torani and Da Vinci Sugar Free Syrup)  http://goo.gl/4uGYu5

1/4 cup (2 oz) Skim Milk, Lactose Free Milk, Soy Milk, or Almond Milk

3/4 cup coffee (Regular or Decaf, made to your liking)

Directions

Make coffee using a coffee maker or mixing instant coffee. Add milk. Measure temperature (must be below 140 degrees)

Add Bari Life Vanilla Pudding/Shake, Pumpkin Pie Spice, and Pumpkin Pie Spice Syrup. Mix until combined.

For stronger coffee flavor, add extra instant coffee mix

For a fun treat, top with 1 tablespoon of cool- whip and sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice. Serve with a cinnamon stick. 

Nutrition Facts

123 calories

15 grams protein

7 grams carbohydrate

3 grams sugar

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The Bari Life multivitamin regimen is by far the best value.
We know the Bari Life vitamin regimen works. Give us a try and visit: www.barilife.com to learn more.

To your health!
The Bari Life Team 
Bari Life is high quality bariatric vitamins that are clinically proven supplements to help in post bariatric surgery. Order Online Here www.barilife.com 

Why Calcium & Iron Can Be Taken Together In One Multivitamin

Do not be misled by those who say you must take iron and calcium at different times of the day

 
The absorption of calcium and iron is a controversial topic in the realm of bariatrics. Research has shown that

• Calcium does not interfere with non-heme iron found in supplements. 
• Calcium does interfere with heme iron found in meat. 

For instance, you should not take a calcium supplement before or after eating a steak. NON-heme iron is the iron found in vitamin supplements. The medical professionals behind Bari Life feel that other vitamin / pharmaceutical companies require patients to take calcium and iron separately because it increases sales.
There are virtually no studies performed with patients who have altered digestive systems by means of weight loss surgery (WLS). However, the New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery has a study that is pending publication for bariatric medical journals that proves NON-heme iron absorbs just as well when taken with calcium, as opposed to the iron being taken by itself.

The study comprised of over 300 gastric bypass patients. Each patient was evaluated before their bariatric surgical procedure, then again at 6 months and 12 months after the procedure. The patients were evaluated for deficiencies in iron, vitamin D, B-1, B-12, and vitamin A. The vitamin deficiency rate of patients taking Bari Life multivitamins was compared to the deficiency rate of patients taking other leading bariatric vitamin brands (non-compliant patients)

• The deficiency rates among patients who took either 6 Bari Life non-chewable tablet vitamins OR 2 scoops of Bari Life multivitamin powder daily had 72% - 89% lower deficiencies in Vitamin A, B-1, B-12, D and iron compared to the non-compliant patients 

Other studies have shown that only 25% of patients are compliant with iron supplementation after gastric bypass surgery. Conversely, in the Bari Life study of over 300 gastric bypass patients, not one was hypocalcemic
Dr. Stephen G. Boyce developed the Bari Life bariatric vitamins because he wanted a product that was simple and would meet or exceed the ASMBS clinical practice guidelines in a one bottle formula. He also wanted to reduce the cost of the vitamin regimens and the quantity of vitamins patients need to consume. Most importantly, he wanted to increase his patient’s compliance. Dr. Boyce is confident that Bari Life multivitamins put patients on the right path to achieve a healthier body after WLS. Bari Life vitamins help protect you from the potential dangers of vitamin deficiencies.

Dr. Boyce’s bariatric practice was named the 7th Center of Excellence in the nation and he has performed over 4,000 weight loss surgical procedures. Dr. Boyce has the expertise and knowledge to fully understand the vitamin and mineral needs of a weight loss surgical patient.

Do not be misled by those who say you must take iron and calcium at different times of the day. There is no other bariatric vitamin company founded by a bariatric surgeon who has performed a clinical study as large as the Bari Life study. Big companies would love to keep selling patients bottle after bottle of different vitamin supplements to drive up sales. Especially now that weight loss surgery is gaining more recognition and helping more and more people achieve a healthy body. Bari Life Bariatric Supplements wants patients to know that they don’t have to take all their vitamins separately and spend more money if they don’t want to. Bari Life multivitamin users are 50% more compliant.

The Bari Life multivitamin regimen is by far the best value.
We know the Bari Life vitamin regimen works. Give us a try and visit: www.barilife.com to learn more.



To your health! 
The Bari Life Team  
Bari Life is high quality bariatric vitamins that are clinically proven supplements to help in post bariatric surgery. Order Online Here www.barilife.com