Acupuncture for Weight Loss:

Everyone is interested in Acupuncture for Weight Loss for two big reasons: To look better, and to feel healthier. However, weight loss doesn't always lead to positive effects on the body.Losing weight through crash dieting can have very negative side effects on the body.

Some of these include:

• Deteriorated Body Composition)
• Imbalance of Body Fluids
• Permanent Stretch Marks
• Fatigue
• Dry, unhealthy skin
• Depression
• Deteriorated Posture

In a worst case scenario (common with crash dieting), you'll probably experience at least two or more of thesse symptoms of rapid weight loss. But worst of all, if you lose lean muscle during the process, you'll be losing your body's ability to burn more calories.

With every ounce of lean muscle you lose, your body will be able to burn less and less calories each day, meaning you'll have to eat less and less, or you'll end up putting on weight even faster. Fortunately, Acupuncture can help stabilize metabolism as well.

The most important realization while trying to lose weight is that it's not the amount of weight> you lose, it's the amount of fat you lose.

Losing lean muscle weight is never a good thing. To become healthier and look better, you'll need to burn calories from fat and not from muscle.

How Acupuncture Can Help You Burn Fat and Retain Lean Muscle

One of the primary factors in not being able to lose weight is the hormone cortisol - you may have heard of it before. Yes, even Acupuncturists know about this hormone and its effect on the human body.

Cortisol is a stress hormone that flows throughout the blood stream. It's main function is to regulate (and increase) the amount of glucose that flows through the blood. When cortisol levels are high, more glucose (sugar) is delivered to all areas of the body.

High overall cortisol levels are directly correlated to a high percentage of body fat. In general, the higher your cortisol levels, the harder it will be to burn off those extra pounds.

Acupuncture Can Help Lower Your Cortisol Levels - And Make It Easier To Lose Weight Naturally And Effortlessly

Cortisol is a stress hormone, meaning it is produced by the body in response to stressful situations. (Thankfully, Acupuncture is one of the best stress-busting treatments out there).

This isn't necessarily a bad thing. cortisol was intended by nature to provide more energy to our body in the form of glucose when stressful situations appear.

A few thousand years ago, you cortisol level could mean the difference between having the energy to fight off a wild animal, or being eaten for breakfast by it. But unfortunately, high cortisol levels just aren't in people's best interest today.

How Acupuncture Works on Cortisol

Acupuncture isn't designed specifically to work on cortisol. There is no guarantee that your cortisol levels will instantly lower the minute your treatment is done.

However, possibly the best known use of Acupuncture is to reduce stress levels and increase relaxation levels.

During even one Acupuncture session, most clients claim to come out of the session more relaxed and stress-free than they have felt in a long time - possibly months or years!

You can imagine what this means for their cortisol levels - that's right, with reduced mental and physiological stres, they go down.

With a rapid decrease in stress and thus a decrease in your cortisol levels, your regular exercise - even just walking - becomes more effective at burning fat, because you no longer have to fight the natural fat-building high glucose levels that are caused by high cortisol levels.

With Decreased Cortisol, Weight Loss Becomes Easy

I don't want to give you the impression that those "magic bullet" cortisol reducing pills or supplements really are magic bullets.

They definitely are not.

And I especially do not advise taking unnatural supplements and putting artificially-created chemicals into your body to try to 'control' your cortisol and stres levels.

That might even make it harder to lose weight.

Instead, Acupuncture treats the heart of what really causes stress. By balancing and aligning the subtle energy pathways known as Acupuncture Meridians, you can decrease your stress levels, and thus your cortisol levels, naturally and quickly without the need for expensive pills or supplements.

Overall, I think this is the best option, as it is natural, fast, and effective, and there are no pills required.

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