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Couple In LoveAfter gastric bypass or lap-band surgery, proper nutrition is as important as ever. When using Isagenix products, here are a few things you should know.

You can take full advantage of the nutrients provided by Isagenix products as long as the products chosen adhere to the dietary guidelines given by your doctor.

See the following sample guidelines:

Lap-Band Surgery Sample Dietary Guidelines

* 800 calories per day for first 2-3 years, then 1000-1200 calories per day
* eat protein-rich foods
* certain fibrous, dry, or doughy foods can get stuck if eaten
* high carbohydrate and high calorie intake will defeat weight loss attempts
* drink 6-8 cups of water a day between meals
* avoid carbonated drinks
* eat 3 small meals a day
* avoid snacking
* no drinking with meals
* eat slowly and chew food thoroughly

Gastric Bypass Surgery Sample Dietary GuidelinesIn the first three months after gastric bypass surgery, diet will be restricted to liquids, purees and soft foods. Afterward, the following guidelines are generally given:

* 800 calories per day for first 1-2 years, then 1000-1200 calories per day
* eat protein-rich foods
* avoid intake of sugar and fats or Dumping Syndrome occurs
* high carbohydrate and high calorie intake will defeat weight loss attempts
* drink 6-8 cups of water per day between meals
* avoid carbonated drinks
* eat small amounts
* avoid snacking
* no drinking with meals
* eat and drink slowly
* chew food thoroughly

(Reference: http://www.wlshelp.com/lap-band-gastric-bypass.html)

While many of our products can help serve your nutritional needs after surgery, we encourage you make special considerations for impaired protein, vitamin B12 and mineral absorption. Products to consider would be IsaLean Shake (in small serving sizes) for its high content of protein and balanced nutrition, Essentials for Women/Men for minerals and vitamin B12, and IsaCalcium for calcium in form of lactate-gluconate. Please note that Isagenix does not carry iron supplements due to varying individual needs; however, women may need to supplementat with iron after surgery.

PROTEIN SHAKES

Muscle building is not just for the bodybuilder or athletes.

We should all be interested in the amount of muscle mass we have because it’s important for overall health, for our immune system and for how much fat we’ll burn on a daily basis—yes, muscle burns fat!

For muscle growth to happen (muscle hypertrophy), your body depends on protein synthesis. Not only does protein synthesis have to occur, but it has to exceed protein breakdown.

Protein breakdown occurs continuously as a normal biological process—after exercise, in particular, there is an increase in this breakdown called catabolism. Unfortunately, breakdown on a daily basis accelerates as we grow older. So, to increase muscle mass—and we’re really concerned with skeletal muscle mass—there are a few hurdles we must consider.

First, we know the best way to create muscle growth is to be in an “anabolic” state—that means providing our muscles with an environment to grow! Resistance exercise (weight lifting) is by far the most effective way to stimulate hypertrophy.

But is that it? No! In the absence of food we would not overcome the negative protein balance—the interaction of exercise and nutrients on muscle protein metabolism is the key to success.

Amino acids must be available to the muscles to give them the building blocks for making protein. We must have these amino acids available at the right time for protein synthesis.

In fact, one amino acid, leucine, can stimulate synthesis independent of its structural role. To maximize muscle protein anabolism, then, we know that resistance exercise results in a positive protein balance when food intake follows within a few hours after exercising. This is prime time anabolism!

The type of protein consumed does affect outcome, according to recent evidence.

We know that digestive properties of proteins will influence the time it takes to break down (digest) the protein for absorption of amino acids to reach the blood stream.

Dairy proteins casein and whey each present properties that can serve muscle growth. Casein clots in the stomach and slowly releases into the small intestine where absorption of amino acids and peptides occur.

Whey proteins and other proteins are still soluble in the stomach (low acid and watery environment) and are quickly released into the small intestine where they are digested and absorbed. The whey amino acids, then, will appear faster than casein and be available for muscle protein synthesis. Casein will digest slower and appear in the blood later keeping blood levels of amino acids elevated.

At the same time a unique stimulus is occurring.

Whey proteins have the highest levels of branched-chain amino acids (isoleucine, leucine, and valine) than any other protein source. This is a key differentiating attribute of whey that provides another trigger for protein synthesis to occur in muscles.

Basic knowledge of protein make-up, digestion and ability to stimulate protein synthesis in muscles has been the cornerstone of Isagenix IsaLean Shake formulations.

We’ve combined the best physiological attributes of whey and casein proteins to synergistically maximize the ability to increase muscle mass.

Understanding the ability of dietary proteins to increase satiety—feelings of fullness—provides further benefits of the IsaLean Shake, but that’s for another article. Stay tuned!

Susie Rockway, Ph.D., CNS
Isagenix Director of Nutritional Sciences

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman

UNIFEM’s Say NO to Violence against Women campaign is a global advocacy and awareness-raising effort on ending violence against women, designed to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s multi-year UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign. The UNIFEM initiative aims to demonstrate that there is a global movement of people who demand that ending violence against women be a top priority for governments everywhere.

The first, year-long phase of the campaign concluded on 25 November 2008, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, when signatures collected worlwide were presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a high-level event.