dyou can lose weight with acupuncture. They claim it numerous studies. Although until a few years ago this ancient technique was used exclusively for pain control, today the Western scientific research understood how it is useful within an integrated treatment path also for fight overweight and obesity.
How it works
“”Treatment with needles and heal with food” is the motto which, in its simplicity, plastically summarizes my way of working and my areas of specialization. The effect of acupuncture on weight loss is mediated by a anti-inflammatory reaction and from the improvement of insulin sensitivity and consequently from a more efficient use of sugars. It is also useful to positively modulate the intestinal microbiota altered by a diet too rich in fats and sugars and finally performs an action of epigenetic regulationmodifying the expression of obesogenic genes for the benefit of a leaner phenotype», explains the Doctor Gabriel PiuriSurgeon, Specialist in Food Science and councilor of the Italian Acupuncture Society (SIA) in his new book “Manual acupuncture practitioner – Traditional Chinese Medicine for everyone” (Lswr Editions).
Against nervous hunger
Electroacupuncture is useful for change the perception of appetite and to control nervous hunger. Several studies have shown that exerted on specific points can effectively modulate the perception of appetite. The most recent 2022 study evaluated in 46 obese subjects the effect of electroacupuncture on brain mechanisms of reward connected with the sense of satiety. The stimulation of specific points, three times a week for eight weeksled to a net control of the sensation of appetite and to one reduction in body weightas well as the normalization of leptin levels.
Lose weight starting with breakfast
It may seem trivial to say it, but the best way to control nervous hungeras well as to lose weightis to respect all the rules of a healthy eatingstarting with one hearty breakfast. “What you eat within an hour of waking up it comes entirely transformed into energyactivate the metabolism and reduces the sense of appetite during the day. Furthermore, it is necessary correctly combine carbohydrates and proteins at all meals. This balance allows you to avoid the unfortunate situation of sudden drop in blood sugar: when they are eaten only carbohydrates during a meal, blood sugar levels rise very rapidly, inducing a strong release of insulin from the pancreas», warns the expert.
The role of insulin
«Insulin is one of the hormones that they control blood sugar and acts reducing blood sugar levels: if it is released in excesshas such a disruptive action as to bring the blood sugar below normalgiving rise to what is defined “reactive hypoglycemia”. When blood sugar is too low, we instinctively look for sources of sugar, e lose control over diet is the first consequence. Otherwise, to balance correctly carbohydrates, proteins, fruits and vegetables at all meals Slows noticeably the absorption of sugars and rebalances the release of insulin», underlines Doctor Piuri.
Not just acupuncture
«However, it must be emphasized that acupuncture alone is not sufficient to obtain weight reduction, but must be placed in a path which also includes a lifestyle changeboth from the point of view of food and from that of physical activity, to achieve better results in less time» concludes the expert.
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