Acupuncture Promotes Weight Loss

Acupuncture Promotes Weight Loss.
Placing five acupuncture needles in the outer consideration may alleviate people lose that spare tire, researchers report. Ear acupuncture psychotherapy is based on the theory that the outer ear represents all parts of the body. One prototype uses one needle inserted into the area that is linked to hunger and appetite, while the other involves inserting five needles at manifold key points in the ear. "If the trend we found is supported by other studies, the voracity acupuncture point is a good choice in terms of convenience.

However, for patients suffering from central obesity, unending stimulation of five acupuncture points should be used," said lead researcher Sabina Lim, from the area of meridian and acupuncture in the Graduate College of Basic Korean Medical Science at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea. According to Lim, the effectiveness of acupuncture on plump patients is closely tied up to metabolic function. "Increased metabolic function promotes the consumption of body fat, overall, resulting in preponderance loss.

The report was published online Dec 16, 2013 in the weekly Acupuncture in Medicine. Dr David Katz, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center, said, "We must shun rushing to judge that a curing is ineffective just because we don't understand the mechanism. Rather, if a treatment is genuinely effective, it invites us to sketch out the mechanism". But this study does not prove the effectiveness of acupuncture.

So "Placebo effects are strong, peculiarly when they involve needles. The evidence here falls short of proof". According to the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, results from the few studies on acupuncture and mass loss have been mixed. In one study, researchers examined the execute of ear acupuncture with sham acupuncture on pudgy women. "Researchers found no statistical difference in body weight, body-mass index and waist circumference between the acupuncture put together and placebo," said Katy Danielson, a spokeswoman for the center.