First of all, obesity is one of the most important health problems of our century, which negatively affects the quality and duration of life and invites many diseases.
It is a disease accepted all over the world.
Obesity; It is an increase in the amount of body fat that can impair health. It occurs as a result of disruption of energy balance. Diet, exercise and genes create energy balance. In cases where the energy intake is higher than the consumption, the energy balance is disturbed.
Obesity; It is the underlying cause of many diseases such as heart, sugar, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, respiratory disorders, fatty liver, lung, joint and gall bladder diseases. In addition, it has negative effects such as depression, social discrimination, deterioration in self-perception (self-confidence).
What are the Factors Composing Obesity?
**Decrease in physical activities,
**Nutrition habits;
Uncontrolled eating, eating in more than one place, eating out, takeaway, consumption of excessive energy foods and excessive consumption of soft drinks.
**Gender (female)
**Racial factors
**Age
**Education level
**Marriage
**Number of births
**Smoking cessation
**Alcohol
**Genetic and environmental factors
**Psychological disorders; emotional stress, depression, etc. .
**Endocrine diseases; hypothyroidism (goiter), cushing’s syndrome, type 2 diabetes
**Metabolic and hormonal disorders; steroid use and hormone replacement therapy.
**Reduction in daily energy consumption with the advancement of technology. We can summarize it as
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How is obesity detected?
Two methods are used for obesity detection.
1. Body mass index(BMI) or Body Mass Index(BMI)
It is an easily calculated method.
BMI=Calculated by dividing the body weight (in kg) by the square of the height (in meters). Accordingly, the standards are as follows;
BMI= <19 Underweight
19-25 Normal
25-30 Overweight
30-40 Obese (Obese)
40> Very obese (morbidly obese)
2. Waist measurement of its circumference; Accordingly, the standards are as follows.
Waist Circumference Risk High risk
Male >94cm >102cm
Female >80cm >88cm
Waist to hip ratio should normally be <0.70. For men, this ratio is >0. is 95.
EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE ON WEAKNESS
It is not easy for people to change their eating habits, which is the main reason why people gain weight. Complaints such as fatigue, burning and heartburn in the stomach, headache and dizziness, tremors in the hands, stress and irritability, which normally occur while dieting and eventually cause to quit the diet, disappear with acupuncture. During the acquisition of new eating habits, acupuncture provides great convenience to the patient.
We can classify the effects of acupuncture on weight loss as follows;
1*It minimizes the feeling of appetite and hunger. Acupuncture reduces the level of noradrenaline in the hypothalamus region of the brain and increases the level of serotonin, the happiness hormone that occurs especially after eating chocolate. In this way, it makes us happy not by eating, but by not eating.
2*It prevents scraping, burning and souring in the stomach. Ear acupuncture reduces stomach acid by stimulating nerve endings extending from the ear to the stomach and intestines. Thanks to the stomach acidity under control, there is no discomfort in the stomach, which is emptied due to diet. A healthy and balanced diet is followed with pleasure.
3*Prevents weakness and exhaustion due to low calorie diet. On the contrary, it allows us to be fit and lose weight easily by giving more energy.
4*During acupuncture practice; The level of serotonin and endorphin hormones in the body increases. This gives peace to the dieter and provides sedation. Thus, the stress and tension caused by not being able to eat everything one wants is not experienced. After all; The person continues his/her diet in a calm and peaceful way.
5 *It has a regulatory role in metabolic rate. Since the metabolic rate of the person treated with acupuncture increases, they lose weight more easily than other people.
6*Acupuncture empties the stores of sugar, namely glycogens in the first week, from the second week on, by affecting the fat metabolism, it decreases the fats and increases the amount of water. It reduces the amount of bad cholesterol. It increases the amount of good cholesterol. Total triglyceride amount decreases.
As a result of the evaluations we call 7*Acupuncture 3K; With an easy, pleasant and comfortable logistics support, we get rid of our weight by eating a balanced and healthy diet.
8*Hypoglycemia; a decrease in the amount of sugar in the blood. Acupuncture; dizziness, headache, hand-foot tremor, etc. It ensures that the symptoms of hypoglycemia are not observed in our patients. In addition, due to the regulating effect of acupuncture, it repairs, repairs and maintains our body.
All of these combined, there is no reason why one should not lose weight. Acupuncture treatment is done once or twice a week. The amount of weight you will lose depends on age, gender, medication use and weight to be lost. This rate is approximately 10-15% of your current weight in 2 months. The international standard is 0.5-1 kg per week, that is, 2-4 kg per month.
In acupuncture, 4-8 kg of weight loss per month is considered normal. In order to lose weight in a healthy and permanent way, one should avoid rapid weight loss. If we evaluate the treatment like a marathon, we can complete the marathon not by running fast, but by running at a brisk and standardized pace.
No matter what weight we are, after reaching the ideal weight we want with acupuncture treatment, which has no side effects, this weight maintenance program is started. For this, acupuncture is continued with a magnetic ball (activated charcoal in the size of a lentil with magnet) once or twice a month for 4-6 months. While maintaining our ideal weight, a healthy and balanced diet is done, not a diet. Thus, the weights are stabilized and our form is preserved.
