Acupuncture Helps You Lose Weight Naturally
Some recent studies show over 11 million Canadians are overweight today. Obesity is one of the fastest growing diseases in all of North America in fact! Carrying around extra pounds has been shown to be a contributing or complicating factor in serious health conditions like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and many other health problems. Every year, the weight loss industry spends millions of advertising dollars attempting to sell you the latest, greatest diet, exercise plan or eating regimen claiming they will help you lose weight.
A healthy diet and exercising are both recommended for losing weight, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and enhancing overall health and sense of well-being. Acupuncture can be a vital component of your weight loss regimen by assisting in reducing your appetite without drugs or prepackaged diets.
Your Acupuncturist will interview you to determine the causes of your retaining excess weight. Whether your extra weight is because of an unhealthy diet, relative to physical injury or joint/muscle pain or lack of physical activity a customized plan will be developed for you by your Acupuncturist.
An ancient form of Chinese medicine, Acupuncture dates back over 6,000 years. Acupuncture relied upon a standardized body map of energy pathways in the body called meridians. Each of the pathways is linked to a primary organ serve as pathways for vital energy that maintains overall health in the body.
The first meeting with your Acupuncturist will include discussing your lifestyle and daily routines and well as recording your health history, including any medications or other therapies you are currently receiving. This information will help the Acupuncturist determine some potential reasons for your excess weight and discuss how your lifestyle, health, and other factors impact your weight.
The success rate of Acupuncture for controlling weight has been very high. Acupuncture helps reduce your appetite and can help curb sugar and carbohydrate cravings. The acupuncture treatments also restore and repair blocked meridians thus enhancing your health, increasing your energy level and reducing anxiety and irritability, which will in turn help with improved sleep and overall sense of well-being.
Your therapy will be specialized for you and your particular needs. The treatment entails the insertion of hair-thin needles into acupoints, which are specific points in the body selected to stimulate energy flow along the appropriate meridians in the body. Your Acupuncturist will work with you to determine the frequency and number of treatments that will be the most beneficial for you.
Acupuncture is a holistic, safe and effective component of your weight loss program. While the treatments cannot change your lifestyle, reduce the number of calories you consume or increase the amount of exercise you do, it can assist you with appetite suppression, increased energy level and enhanced self-esteem.
Acupuncture is a safe, effective method to control weight. It also offers a treatment with no adverse side effects, making acupuncture an ideal choice for anyone striving to lose or maintain weight.