Dr. Jacqueline Jacques is a Naturopathic Doctor with more than a decade of expertise in medical nutrition. Dr. Jacques has spent much of her career in the dietary supplement industry as a formulator, speaker, writer and educator. She is the Chief Science Officer for Catalina Lifesciences LLC, a company dedicated to providing the best of nutritional care to weight-loss surgery patients. Additionally acknowledged for her general expertise in natural medicine, Dr. Jacques appears as a guest on radio and television, and regularly writes articles for trade publications. Her greatest love is empowering patients to better their own health. She has just completed writing a clinical guidebook called Micronutrition for the Weight Loss Surgery Patient. In addition to working with the OAC, she also serves on the board of the Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.
Presentations
Micronutrition After Weight Loss Surgery
Nutritional deficiencies are a risk after bariatric surgery, and it is important for health practitioners to be able to identify and manage these problems as they arise. This course will cover the basics of nutrition as it relates to weight loss surgery. Nutrition will be covered in relation to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Gastric Band (LapBandŽ), and Duodenal Switch procedures. We will cover why deficiencies occur and what the common deficiencies are. The course will also touch on the basics of how deficiencies present, what common labs are used to identify them and general approaches to risk reduction.
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