How Can I Lose Weight Before Orthopedic Surgery? [obfJNZ3pPHM]

How Can I Lose Weight Before Orthopedic Surgery? [obfJNZ3pPHM]

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Dr. Dan Albright, an orthopedic surgeon in Raleigh, North Carolina discusses losing weight before surgery. Why you should lose weight and a method for losing that weight. He discusses exercise, diet and nutrition to help with losing weight. For more information watch this video. Transcription of video: How can I lose weight before orthopedic surgery? That's a common question and a common desire before having surgery is to trim down a little bit. My name is Dr. Dan Albright. I'm an orthopedic surgeon in Raleigh, North Carolina and I see a lot of patients normal weight, underweight and overweight. Losing weight before surgery can really help you do better at surgery. The first way is get in the pool. Indoor pool, it's got to be an indoor pool because if you wait for outdoor it's going to rain or it's not going to be sunny, or warm enough or something. So indoor pool. I have a lot of patients with arthritis, crippling pain in the hip, knee back and getting in a pool takes weight off your joints and you can move. You can actually get a good muscle workout and I promise, you get in the pool, you will sleep better, think better, you'll feel better, you'll trim down, your muscle tone will get better. You'll be a safer patient for surgery. So it's really important, get in the pool. If not that, then a stationary bike, but not everybody can do a stationary bike. The pool is the place. You've got to walk in the pool. You've got to dance in the pool, run in the pool, swim in the pool anything in the pool. Water aerobics, pool therapy. I do pool therapy all the time. That's part one. Part two is what you put in your mouth. That's a big part of nutrition and health and I am anti-gluten. We were raised throughout our whole lives as children and all. Healthy whole grains, healthy whole grains. And the government and everyone was saying that. Well, grains are not healthy. And there's a lot of science coming out in the last several years grains are not healthy. So losing weight, I invite you to please go one month gluten-free. You've heard of gluten. Gluten is a reactive protein in wheat and bread and pasta. Go gluten-free for one month and you'll be amazed. One, you feel better, you'll think better, you'll lose 20 pounds without even trying and you'll be safer for surgery. So that means no bread, no pasta, no wheat. Read the label if it's processed food almost always it has wheat in it. You've got to eat whole food. You have to eat good food, good calories, healthy calories. That's the main thing is gluten-free. Now I'll just tell you, gluten goes to your brain. It occupies the morphine receptors in your brain and then you're addicted to bread and pizza. At least I was when I was doing it. And also it gives you a sugar rush, which is a problem and it's inflammatory. Gluten actually inflames tissues, it makes you swollen and puffy and bloated in at least one out of three Americans. So there's several reasons to stop gluten. So that's my main message here for weight loss. The other part is just sugar and carbohydrates. Pure sugar is not good. It shoots up your insulin. Insulin is called the fat hormone. So if you want to get fat, get the fat hormone going. Which is a lot of insulin. The only way to get your insulin down is to go less sugar, less carbohydrates. Again a lot of science exists for this and a lot of good books on this topic. So I have an interest in doing safe surgery and I want my patients to trim down some. So losing weight before surgery is good. This is how: get in the pool, tone up, go gluten-free for a month and think about less sugar. And that will do it. I've got many patients who've done it and they've been very thankful for that. I'm happy to talk to you more about that, about how to make you a safer person to undergo a surgery procedure. I'm Dr. Dan Albright. My website is danalbrightmd.com. Appointment line 919-863-6808. Thanks. #diet pills during pregnancy #elevation medical weight loss #keto sour watermelon gummies