Can acupuncture be used as an aid to diet.?

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budding author
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I enjoyed reading the answer from 'roamin70' but I dont think it was meant as a joke?
A similar 'cure' would be to have a metal spike up your nose, then whenever you felt hunger pangs, just jab it up a bit more, the resuting pain will put you right off food!!
Hope this helps????


kevinmonaghan1977
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yes, if your telling that to some-one that's fat and all that there is in the room to eat is needles.


Good luck


Laura S
Yes, accupuncture has proven to help reduce the feeling of hunger. The areas affected are in the ear. As far as I know the effects of accupuncture in treatment of diet doesn't last more than about 7 days at a time ...so if you were really serious about this method you would probably have to have this treatment once a week. Good Luck.


vincegill
By way of explanation - I have studied and used TCM for many years in some cases, especialy where there is damage to the nervous system like in a stroke, acupunture is very effective.

In the case of weight loss, the feeling of hunger is transmitted to the brain as a series of electrical impulses - if u can somehow stop or modify those impulses then u can loose the hungry feeling

In acupuncture the needle is inserted at a point where the nerve pathways intersect - thus interrupting or modifying the impulse on its way to ur brain

It can also be used to stop pain during an operation or dental work - instead of anaesthetic


rose_merrick
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yes, but does not always work in the long term


CHRIS S
yes but it can only be used in conjunction with a diet


xpatgary
Yes if you go to a real acupuncturist (is that a real word??) and not some quack! Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used to treat almost every ailment for thousands of years. It is now a real science and research has been done into it's effectiveness and how it "works"


huggz
Yes it can help curb appetite. I think the method generally used is to have a staple put in the ear (similar to the one used for smoking cessation) which you wiggle when you feel hungry.


little miss naughty
Not sure, but I know for a fact that Paul McKennas book I can make you thin, is a great help, I have used it myself, not a diet, just a change of attitude towards food, give it a go good luck.


roamin70
My mother used it as such. She had a few needles inserted somewhere near the bottom of her earlobe and whenever she felt hungry between meals she would press these lightly until the feeling faded. She claimed it worked.