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What is Gastric Sleeve Surgery? A Gastric Sleeve or Sleeve Gastrectomy is a surgical weight loss procedure that involves removing a large portion of the stomach and creating a new, smaller stomach “sleeve.” During the procedure, the surgeon makes several small incisions in the abdomen and removes approximately 75-80% of the stomach, leaving a thin, […]

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What is Gastric Band Surgery?

Gastric band surgery, also known as laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), is a surgical procedure that involves placing a silicone band around the upper part of the stomach to create a small pouch. This limits the amount of food the stomach can hold and slows down the passage of food to the lower part of […]

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Obesity & Weight Loss Surgery

What is obesity? Obesity is a medical condition characterised by excessive accumulation of body fat that can negatively affect an individual’s health. It is usually diagnosed using the body mass index (BMI), which is a measure of body fat based on a person’s height and weight. BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in […]

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Weight Loss Patients Train with BCFC Women’s Team

BCFC players and 3 inspirational weight loss surgery patients – one who has lost over 10 stone! – ran through a fun training strength and conditioning session at their training ground and discussed how weight loss surgery has changed their life and the importance of exercise for every body. Before Surgery the patients would never have […]

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Tonic Newsletter – Lift yourself lean

When it comes to weight lifting for weight loss, there are a few key points to consider. Firstly, you will not get big from lifting weights. You can get ‘big’ from overconsumption of energy (calories), which can be converted into fat or muscle, based on the types of foods you eat and the exercise you […]

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Birmingham City Football Club Partnership announcement

Team Tonic are excited to announce a new partnership with Birmingham City Football Club. The partnership will work to educate football fans about the health benefits through social media collaborations across the season as part of our ongoing #GivingBackLives campaign. James Corrigan, Commercial Manager at Blues, said: “As a sports Club, promoting health and lifestyle […]

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Bariatric surgery association with male gonadal dysfunction due to obesity

Obesity is an ever growing pandemic and a prevalent problem among men of the reproductive age that can both cause and exacerbate male factor infertility by means of endocrine abnormalities associated with comorbidities, and direct effects on the precision and throughput of spermatogenesis. The current scientific literature shows that obesity, and in particular visceral/abdominal adipose […]

General Obesity

Bariatric surgery as a possible solution to female infertility

The prevalence of obesity worldwide has nearly tripled since 1975 and currently there are 650 million people worldwide (11% male and 15% female) having obesity with a BMI of more than 30. Obesity contributes to female infertility and is also a factor in complications to both the mother and the offspring during pregnancy and childbirth. […]

General Obesity

Tonic Newsletter – Good Food for a better mood

Your food choices have a direct impact on your digestion, weight, immunity, and many aspects of your short and long-term physical health. In fact, the food you eat has a powerful impact on your mind, too. According to the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, ‘nutrition may be as important to mental health as it is […]

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Weight Loss Surgery Helped Me Start a Family

Emma shares her weight loss journey following a life changing 9 stone loss with Gastric Bypass Surgery at Tonic and on the successful path to parenthood. Like many women across the UK Emma was unable to access fertility treatment due to her weight, so after her bariatric treatment at Tonic and reaching a healthier weight […]

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Bariatric/metabolic surgery and type 2 diabetes

Observations that type 2 diabetes can be improved or even resolved by surgical operations has been reported for almost a century. Reports in the early 1920’s show that gastrointestinal operations for ulcers/cancer could cause dramatic improvement of diabetes. After the evolution of bariatric surgery in the 1950’s observations of diabetes remission following gastrointestinal surgery were […]

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Supporting Kyle’s Goal Charity Ball

We’re extremely proud to have helped raise £19,074.29 for Kyle’s Goal Charity Ball. A message from Katherine & Kyle: “We would like to say a huge thank you for supporting the first Kyle’s Goal Charity Ball. We hope you will agree that it was a fantastic night and a triumphant success. Your most generous donation of £200 contributed […]

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Want to be healthier? Learn to cook!

Cooking at home is the ticket to healthier, more aﬀordable meals, which in turn means a healthier you! When you cook at home, you control the ingredients and avoid consuming the cheap ﬁllers, ﬂavour enhancers, and added salt or butter that end up in most restaurant and take away meals. Cooking also nudges you to […]

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Life changing stories

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Life changing stories

Ally

10 st (64 kg)*

Weight Loss

“I have struggled with my weight all of my adult life, I have PCOS and every diet I have tried just wasn’t successful.

I have lost over 10 stone and I feel absolutely incredible. I would never have dreamt to have the life that I currently have now.”

Paul

10 st (64 kg)*

Weight Loss

“Life before surgery was fake, I had a happy face but was not really happy. I wouldn’t go on lads holidays with my friends or take my kids swimming.

I have lost over 10 stone and it’s been life changing. I have got my life back. I can now take my kids swimming, go on holiday, do those things that I should have done 10,15,20 years ago.”

Danni

5 1/2 stone (35 KG)*

Weight Loss

“Before I had surgery, I’d always yo-yoed with my weight. I was ashamed because of the size I’d gotten to. I was unable to buy the clothes I wanted to wear. I didn’t feel like the person that I wanted to be nor did my reflection match the person I felt inside.

The surgery with Tonic has absolutely changed my life. I’ve lost 5 and a half stone, and I am more confident and outgoing.

Chanelle

9st (57kg)*

Weight Loss

“Before weight loss surgery, I couldn’t cope with doing anything strenuous and I couldn’t spend time with my children in the way I wanted to. My eating was out of control, and I had been yo-yoing.

A year out from surgery, I’m a completely different person. Last year, my body fat percentage was in the morbidly obese category. Now, I’m in the healthy weight category.”

Claire

8 1/2 st (64 kg)*

Weight Loss

“I lost 8.5 stone. I feel like one of the gym girls, I have done a 10k this year and I am signed up to Brighton half marathon next year! I chose Tonic because I saw so many success stories online and because of the aftercare package. You have the dietician, the PT, the psychotherapist and the constant support group from others who have had surgery and the team in the office”

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We believe that everyone should have access to weight loss surgery. That’s why we offer finance solutions to help you spread the cost of your surgery over months or years.

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