Acupuncture for weight loss focuses on points on your body believed to help control specific organs and bodily functions, like your craving for food.

Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine based on the Chinese theory of “Qi” pronounced “Chi”.

It originated in China over 3,500 years ago, and “Qi” according to traditional Chinese medicine, is the energy force that feeds your mind and the body. Your “Qi” is believed to flow through pathways in your body called meridians.

Acupuncture points are points in the body where “Qi” can be stimulated to restore balance and health to your body’s system. Specific points are believed to help restore/ control specific organs and bodily functions, like your craving for food.

A practitioner would choose points of treatment depending on your situation. The needles are then inserted in these points. Once inserted the needles stay in place for about 30-45 minutes per session, then they are removed.

Sometimes acupuncture for weight loss is practiced by itself, but more often it’s in conjunction with another weight loss plan.

So be smart when you pick a weight loss plan. Be wary of crazy diets that starve you, and cleanses that deprive your body of the nutrients they need to function.

These crazy diets can get results short term; because of the low caloric intake, but there’s no way you can keep it up. You’re starving yourself, depriving your system of the nutrients it needs to function.

Soon your body and mind start screaming at you for putting it on such a restrictive diet. You’re tense and irritable. It’s your body telling you it’s unhappy and needs whole foods with proper nutrients.

Your natural reaction is to crave foods and gorge first chance you get. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Your body will fill up on what ever it can get it’s hands on, packing on fat for stored energy.

So you go from one extreme to another. Getting on any kind of highly restrictive diet can cause yo-yo dieting with drastic ups and downs in body weight. Not a fun ride.

For maximum effectiveness of acupuncture weight loss, get on a good solid meal program that feeds your body what it needs. Then use acupuncture to help suppress your cravings for excess food.

Many people see a reduction in appetite and cravings with acupuncture for weight loss alone; but herbs, healthy organic foods, and exercises (a walking or running program) will most definitely contribute to the success of the treatments.

The herbs and healthy foods that will be recommended by your practitioner during a acupuncture weight loss treatment are for promoting healthy digestion, energizing your body, and improving the elimination of water, toxins, and waste products. All part of getting healthy and keeping the weight off.

In your struggle to eat less and exercise more, you may find that acupuncture for weight loss is just what you need to overcome food cravings, boost energy, enhance your metabolism, and increase your willpower to succeed.

Smiles…Gigi

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