Springfield Clinic Bariatrics

Springfield Clinic Bariatrics Springfield Clinic Bariatric Weight Loss Center provides comprehensive and compassionate care through

11/22/2025

Thanksgiving is next week. 🦃🏈🙏🏻 Have you decorated for Christmas yet? 🎄🎁🎅 We have! Stop by and say hi 👋🏻

💫Why Are Vitamins So Important?Bariatric surgery changes how your body digests and absorbs nutrients. Whether you've had...
11/14/2025

💫Why Are Vitamins So Important?
Bariatric surgery changes how your body digests and absorbs nutrients. Whether you've had a SADI, sleeve gastrectomy, or another procedure, your stomach is smaller and, in some cases, parts of your intestines are bypassed. This means your body can no longer absorb vitamins and minerals as efficiently as it used to—even if you're eating healthy foods.

✨Without proper supplementation, you may quickly develop deficiencies in key nutrients like:

⚡Vitamin B12 – essential for nerve health and energy
💪Iron – helps prevent anemia and fatigue
🩻Calcium & Vitamin D – crucial for bone strength
🧠Thiamin (Vitamin B1) – supports brain and nerve function
👩‍⚕️Folate – important for cell health and healing

😱These deficiencies can lead to serious health issues like fatigue, hair loss, memory problems, weakened immunity, and even nerve or bone damage.

⚖️Why Bariatric-Specific Vitamins?
Not all vitamins are created equal. Over-the-counter multivitamins often don’t contain the right types, amounts, or combinations of nutrients needed after bariatric surgery. Bariatric-formulated vitamins are specially designed to:

🎯Provide higher doses of essential nutrients to match your body’s new needs
🍴Use forms that are easier to absorb in your altered digestive system
💊Come in chewable options that are gentler on your stomach, especially right after surgery.

😟What Happens If You Skip Them?
Skipping your vitamins—even for a short time—can lead to symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, or hair thinning. Over time, it can cause more serious problems like anemia, osteoporosis, or nerve damage.

⚕️Bottom Line: Bariatric vitamins aren’t just a recommendation—they’re a requirement for your long-term health and success after surgery. Think of them as part of your daily routine, just like brushing your teeth 🪥 or drinking water 🥛 . Your body has changed, and your nutrition needs have too. These vitamins help you stay strong, energized, and thriving. 💃

Order online and receive a 20% discount and free shipping on your first order with code SCBari!
Springfield Clinic Bariatric Advantage

11/11/2025

Be there or be square!
Join us tonight at 6:00 PM for the Bari support group.

Celebrating our team this week with a little DIY coffee bar! There are so many friendly options. We included Starbucks...
11/11/2025

Celebrating our team this week with a little DIY coffee bar! There are so many friendly options.

We included Starbucks blonde roast, Meijer's Fredericks brand of along with sugar-free syrups, Chobani's sugar-free creamer, International Delight cold foam, and of course, SPRINKLES!

Check the comments for our folks .

There’s our Miss Cindy first one! Thank you so much to all our veterans for their service.
11/11/2025

There’s our Miss Cindy first one! Thank you so much to all our veterans for their service.

11/07/2025

Start your journey with us today for surgery in the new year! 🎆

Happy Halloween from everyone Springfield Clinic including our own Miss Alice in Wonderland
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from everyone Springfield Clinic including our own Miss Alice in Wonderland

10/30/2025

From our dietitian, Micca!
Okay — I need to say this because I’ve been hearing it way too often lately.

🚩GLP-1 medications (like semaglutide, Ozempic, Wegovy, etc.) are NOT meant to make you starve yourself. 😩😩😩

🚩They’re NOT meant to help you “see how little you can eat.”

✔️They’re meant to help regulate appetite, reduce cravings, and bring your hunger cues back into balance — not erase them completely.

🆘 If you’re finding yourself going all day without eating, constantly skipping meals, or feeling like food is the enemy, that’s not the goal — that’s a sign your body needs nourishment and support.

🔨GLP-1s can be an incredible tool for metabolic health, insulin regulation, and appetite control, but the magic doesn’t come from restriction — it comes from creating balance.

🍽️From fueling your body with enough protein, fiber, and hydration so it can thrive, not just survive.

🥹I say this with love — please eat.

Don’t use your GLP-1 as a reason to disappear your hunger.

Use it as an opportunity to reconnect with your body in a more balanced, supported way.

Your body still needs fuel.

Your metabolism still needs consistency.

And you still deserve to enjoy food without guilt.❤️❤️❤️

10/28/2025

We had over 50 reactions on our #@ posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

Tonight's 🔥 topic at support group - "How your Body Composition Analysis and CardioMax allow us to personalize your exer...
10/28/2025

Tonight's 🔥 topic at support group - "How your Body Composition Analysis and CardioMax allow us to personalize your exercise routine." 💪

The Body Comp Analysis from seca Medical has allowed us to super define your calorie needs and .🎯 Our Medical Director, Dr. Orlando Icaza will discuss the value of those results and how looking at your CardioMax will allow us to personalize the exact exercise ❤️ rate zone you need to be at to 🔥 fat calories instead of muscle.

This is the perfect combination of using highly defined technology to help you achieve the ideal results for you, using goals specific to you 🙌 and not a standard issue, "shoot for 10,000 steps per day." 🙄

, the 🔗 to join is in the comments.

There were some concerns about young Bari being here alone in the evening so we found him a friend!How are you celebrati...
10/23/2025

There were some concerns about young Bari being here alone in the evening so we found him a friend!

How are you celebrating Halloween this year?

Please join us in wishing our Medical Director, our leader, our Chief Inspiration Officer, Dr. Orlando Icaza a very Happ...
10/21/2025

Please join us in wishing our Medical Director, our leader, our Chief Inspiration Officer, Dr. Orlando Icaza a very Happy Birthday! 🎂🎉

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