{"id":647,"date":"2013-05-29T23:24:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2013-05-29T23:24:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T23:24:13","slug":"new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Support Group Hosts \u201cRecipe Makeovers with Chef Julie Harrington\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_date\">\n<div class=\"_date\">\n<div class=\"_date\">\n<div class=\"_date\">\n<div class=\"_date\">\n<div class=\"_date\">\n<p>SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey (5\/30\/13) - Chef and cookbook author Julie Harrington was recently featured as the special guest at <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>'s Weight Loss Surgery Support Groups for Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve and LAP-BAND patients, which was held at the practice\u2019s Springfield, NJ, and Somerset, NJ, offices.<\/p>\n<p>Held twice monthly, the <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019s Weight Loss Surgery Support group allows people who\u2019ve had weight loss surgery to find support and guidance from registered dietitians, physicians, psychologists and other experts in weight loss and healthy lifestyles. Patients who attend the group have undergone gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy (also known as Gastric Sleeve) or Gastric Band (also known as LAP-BAND or Realize Band).<\/p>\n<p>The LAP-BAND procedure recently gained the national spotlight when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced that he had undergone the surgery in February. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/dr-ajay-goyal-on-cnns-the-situation-room-with-wolf-blitzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDr. Ajay Goyal on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer\u201d explaining the LAP-BAND procedure<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Chef Harrington, who specializes in recipe makeovers, taught the weight loss surgery support group members how to take old high-fat, calorie-laden standards, such as chocolate pudding and pizza and trim calories and fat by substituting ingredients in new and interesting ways.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/_media\/julieharingtonrecipes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d never thought about using cottage cheese to make pudding!\u201d said one support group member. \u201cI\u2019m going to try that one at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Clinical Coordinator Kim Manzo, MS, RD, said some people who\u2019ve had Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve or LAP-BAND surgeries have a hard time breaking old eating habits, so finding ways to have the comfort foods they love without the fat and calories is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really just about reconditioning yourself to think about food in different ways,\u201d said Manzo. \u201cYou can still enjoy food. You just have to learn how to prepare it differently. That can be as simple as using non-fat dairy products instead of full-fat ones or as innovative as making a pizza crust out of cauliflower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to learning some new recipes, the group discussed the importance of consuming enough protein after weight loss surgery and learned about different ways to hold in moisture and flavor during food preparation. Chef Harrington discussed healthy baking alternatives and gave great tips on portion control.<\/p>\n<p>\"Studies have found that attending a support group improves weight loss surgery patients\u2019 success rate,\" said Ajay Goyal, MD, FACS, founder of the <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.\u00a0 \u201cWeight loss surgery is just a tool that assists in weight loss and allows patients to have a better chance at keeping the weight off for the long haul. But patients still face many of the same challenges that caused them to put in weight in the first place,\u201d he said. \u201cIt helps to surround yourself with others who understand what you\u2019re going through.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span class=\"heading\">About Chef Julie Harrington<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chef Harrington is the senior chef and co-author of Meal Simple, available at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meal-Simple-Cookbook-Delicious-Healthy\/dp\/0615669115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meal-Simple-Cookbook-Delicious-Healthy\/dp\/0615669115<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"heading\"><strong>About <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, a medical &amp; surgical weight loss center with offices in Springfield, Somerset and Hoboken, New Jersey, helps patients achieve long-term weight loss success through the most advanced bariatric surgery procedures, including gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, LAP-BAND\u00a0 and REALIZE Band procedures. Led by the team of Drs. Ajay Goyal, Glenn Forrester and Angela Jack Glasnapp and Leigh Montes, the <strong>New Jersey Bariatric Center<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019s approach to patient care has resulted in zero mortalities and a complication rate that is lower than the national average. For more information about bariatric surgery, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/\">www.NJBariatricCenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meetings provide healthy lifestyle and weight loss guidance and tips to Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve and LAP-BAND patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cRecipe Makeovers With Chef Julie Harrington\u201d - NJBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chef and cookbook author Julie Harrington was recently featured as the special guest at New Jersey Bariatric Center\u2019s Weight Loss Surgery Support Groups...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Jersey Bariatric Center\u00ae Support Group Hosts \u201cRecipe Makeovers with Chef Julie Harrington\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chef and cookbook author Julie Harrington was recently featured as the special guest at New Jersey Bariatric Center\u2019s Weight Loss Surgery Support Groups...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Jersey Bariatric Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/njbariatriccenter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-29T23:24:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"New Jersey Bariatric Center Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NJBariatricDocs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NJBariatricDocs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"New Jersey Bariatric Center Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"New Jersey Bariatric Center Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7703fe8aabcbed9157b93f0150b9bc2d\"},\"headline\":\"New Jersey Bariatric Center\u00ae Support Group Hosts \u201cRecipe Makeovers with Chef Julie Harrington\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-29T23:24:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-29T23:24:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\"},\"wordCount\":606,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"NJBC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.njbariatriccenter.com\/new-jersey-bariatric-center-support-group-hosts-recipe-makeovers-with-chef-julie-harrington\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cRecipe Makeovers With Chef Julie Harrington\u201d - 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