Acupuncture and Auricular for Weight Management!
What the studies seem to be showing about Auricular:
•A particular study evaluated body composition changes through;
dietary measures, physical activity, and auricular/body acupuncture.
• They use a randomized longitudinal prospective that included 76 obese adult females aged 26 up to 55 years. Body composition, ultrasonography and biochemical assessments were done.
• What they found was that the three obesity management protocols had significant effect on body composition, but acupuncture had the best effect in improving the lipid profile and fasting blood sugar.
Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 579–584, ISSN (Online) 1857-5773, DOI: 10.3889/mjms.1857-5773.2014.0442, February 2015
What is happening biochemically?
Since research is beginning to show the benefits of auricular and body acupuncture, what exactly is happening in human physiology when auricular therapy is administered?
•It is increasing metabolic temperature. The biochemical reaction seems to suppress appetite function through the autonomic nervous system, resulting in a higher basal metabolic rate and a lower BMI.
•It is temperature that seems to be improving insulin resistance. Insulin is the body’s fat storage mechanism, when too much glucose is consumed, insulin floods the system to prevent coma or death.
Auricular acupuncture and body mass index:
•The results of the study of Auricular Acupuncture treatment had an effect on reducing BMI (body mass index) and TFM (trunk fat mass).
•When Auricular was compared with body acupuncture the results suggested that auricular acupuncture had similar effects on reducing BMI and TFM, but body electro acupuncture indicated that it was more effective in reducing WC (waist circumference) and HC (hip circumference).
•It seems with both auricular and body electro combined with proper food combining, may be an efficient solution at reducing respectively HC and WC fat compared with conventional techniques.
Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 579–584, ISSN (Online) 1857-5773, DOI: 10.3889/mjms.1857-5773.2014.0442, February 2015
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