Written by Dr. Ron Hekier Texas LapBand surgeon As the parent of two wonderful daughters, ages 9 and 7 years old, I can tell you that much of my life is spent thinking about how to ensure they grow up under the best circumstances possible to ensure their health, happiness, and success. Being a weight [...]

Posted by Dr. Ron Hekier Texas Weight Loss surgeon On our Facebook page : Facebook Lap Band Doctors we recently posted a question. Here is an example of a frozen dinner meal, this one by Healthy Choice. We wrote that we think this type of meal can sabotage weight loss and we included the nutritional [...]

Posted by Dr. Rachael Keilin+ I spend a lot of time talking to bariatric surgery patients about what they eat. One of the most frequent laments I hear is about how hard it is to get in enough protein every day. We ask our patients to eat about 50-70g of protein per day, and in [...]

Is peanut butter a good source of protein? Lots of my friends eat it, and I’ve heard it’s a good source of protein. It goes through my band easily.