Acupuncture Weight Management

Acupuncture weight management combine Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) includes Myofascial Release, Deep tissue massage, Trigger point therapy, Biofeedback, TCM Acupressure or Acupuncture to stimulate digestion and increases your metabolism and control your appetite.

Team Approach To Weight Loss

Acupuncture weight management  start with clinical diagnosis and test. Our CAM practitioners  will help you to initiate the program for you to balance  your body using a combination of evidenced-based approaches. Treatment may include Diet advice, food to avoid, detoxification,stress reduction and other recommendations.

Exercise prescription are important alter the physiological functions. Natural solutions such as Conjugated linoleic acid, Green tea, 5-HTP, Chromium, Pyruvate, high-potency multivitamins, L-carnitine, Homeopathy, Herbal and Premium Omega fish oil are helpful to support obesity management.

Acupuncture Weight Management Benefits

• normalize function throughout various levels of the peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems
• Activate neural control e.g. hypothalamus and limbic system etc. 
• safe way of reducing weight and fat

How is the diagnosis in TCM done for weight management?

Acupuncture Weight loss session start by doing clinical diagnosis. The process may include inspection of certain areas such as the eye, auricles ,tongue, face, medical palmistry, pulse assessment, feet examination, listening and history taking etc to establish baseline according to syndrome differentiation according to the eight principles of external, internal, cold, heat, full, empty, yin, yang along with Channels and Collateral, Zang Fu organs, Sanjiao, Qi and Blood, Wei, Qi, Ying and Xue.

Comprehensive Assessment 

In addition to TCM diagnosis, we may use several methods to measure  body composition;Bio electrical Impedance Method and Anthropometric methods as well as assessing caloric intake and expenditure. Assessment may include behavioral, biological factors, environmental factors and timing factors.

What is the mechanism of Acupuncture Weight Management?

By applying acupuncture to modulate or normalize, function throughout various levels of the peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems. The activation of hypothalamus is sensitive to acupuncture stimulation in some people. Our licensed Physician may be prescribed herbal therapy which are tested to be safe from  adulterated substances. In addition, you should combined Acupuncture treatment with lifestyle changes and exercise for the overall reduction of body weight and subsequent maintenance of weight loss.

Dietary Modification For Weight Loss

Studies revealed spot reduction and long-term use of low-carbohydrate diets is not recommended for healthful control of body weight due to poor metabolic advantage. Weight-loss diets should be moderate in carbohydrate, moderate in fat and protein.

How many Acupuncture sessions are needed to achieve weight loss?

By good diagnosis and selection of acupuncture points. For instance, acupoints on both ears and stomach.  Some clients may experience a marked satiation.  The number of sessions vary according to your needs or conditions. Each person responds to acupuncture differently.

What is the Frequency of Acupuncture sessions are needed to achieve weight loss?

It depends on your health status and your response to acupuncture. Research shows that 3 times weekly produced better results. The frequency may be adjusted once your condition improves.

Acupuncture Weight Management

You are likely to achieve success from weight-loss by combining Acupuncture, dietary therapy, physical activity, and behavioral therapy. You need to commit at least 6 months into weight therapy.

Health Tools

Know you BMI - A BMI of 23 or more puts you at greater risk of obesity-related diseases. The BMI may not reliably predict health risk in pregnant women, people with muscular build and the elderly. These BMI ranges also do not apply to youth below 18 years.

Calorie Calculator

References

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