Weight Loss
If you've been struggling with a stubborn weight problem, you are certainly not alone. In the US, more than 60% of the population is overweight and nearly one third are obese or worse. This can lead to a whole host of other illnesses and cost an overweight person thousands a year in treatment, medications and even hospitalization and that doesn’t even count what you might spend self-prescriptions of ‘diet’ supplements, diet books, diet foods, diet shakes, meal replacements and, face it, money spent on foods you know you should not be eating. Some even resort to surgery. Being fat costs a fortune. And losing that weight, without help, is hard and expensive road of trial and error.
Successful long-term weight loss is incredibly difficult for most people to achieve. Many people have tried diets and have different levels of success but most, according to the National Institute of Health, 95% of all the people who lose weight will gain back the everything they lost plus some additional pounds unless they do more than just count and cut calories. Oriental medicine can help shed those extra pounds and help you keep them off by making it easier for you to lose eat less, eat right, move more and by helping the body adjust to the lighter, trimmer you.
Acupuncture for weight loss became popular in the US in 2003 when CNN reported on successful acupuncture weight loss clinics in China. An increase in obesity in China led to the widespread practice of acupuncture for weight loss because Chinese medicinal theory says that overweight people have imbalanced digestive and nervous systems.
This is why more and more, people are turning to acupuncture weight loss treatments to try to handle their weight problem once and for all. You will be asked a variety of questions during your intake and examination. The purpose is to understand the main causes of your excess weight. It could be a hyperactive appetite or that you eat too many calories because your body does not absorb the nutrients effectively. Maybe it is a lack of energy that keeps you from moving and burning up the calories as you should. Perhaps it is hormonal or metabolic. You might even be suffering from cravings that seem completely out of your controllable or you might be allergic to some of the foods you eat and not even know it.
Once the root causes of the problem are identified acupuncture, and herbs will help you shed those pounds, make better food choices and create the energy you need to drop that weight. Not only can acupuncture help with those cravings but also with slow metabolism. You will not be in the struggle alone.
More importantly, because your body will be in better balance, the weight is more likely to stay off because the root problem will not still be there once the pounds are gone. You can say goodbye to the fat and what put it on in the first place.
A benefit of acupuncture weight loss treatment is that unlike certain medications, there are no harmful side effects and no chance for addiction. It is a perfectly natural means of boosting your weight loss efforts. Not only will could you see a decrease in your weight but your joints will feel better and you may find less need for certain medications you may be on. People at their proper weights find less need for high blood pressure, ED and cholesterol medications.
Not only that, but, along with acupuncture, losing those extra pounds will decrease your chances of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and many forms of cancer.
If you've been struggling with a stubborn weight problem, you are certainly not alone. Oriental medicine can help more than you might know.