Does acupuncture for weight loss work?

Question

I am already working out 3 or 4 times each week, and eat healthy, and I just want to know if acupuncture could give my metabolism a boost.

Answer 1

Well since this seems to be the new thing at the salon I work one of the girls got it three weeks ago and has gone down two dress sizes her frame is average size but she carries her weight in her stomach, thighs and bottom. She always wears dresses and we have literally been watching her stomach shrink its amazing. Another girl went the other day and I'm going later this week. It works but of course my friend will have to make some changes in lifestyle or else I'm sure it will come back.Good luck and I don't know what the going rate is but she paid 50.00 dollars and goes back every two weeks for a new treatment. I've done research no side effects either.

Answer 2

I have a friend in China whos a TCM doctor who specializes in weightloss, and regularly get results. Strangley, I am yet to find an accupuncturist in the US who is clinically trained in it, so I think that there is a way to use accupuncture for weight loss, but it's a much more difficult procedure to learn than pain blocking, so it hence it not known in the states.

Other than that, the specific accupuncture method also requires herbs and some behavioral diet changes, but it's essentially based off the theory that dampness causes obesity and needs to be eliminated.

Answer 3

Acupuncture for weight loss - Acupuncture has no historical use for helping weight loss. Some have claimed, but not proven, metabolic stimulation or appetite suppression. Acupuncture can be helpful in stress and anxiety by its measurable effects on neurotransmitters. Thus, in conjunction with diet and exercise, Acupuncture might be useful in a fashion similar to how it helps in Addiction treatment.

I hope this helps.