Quit smoking and lose weight at the same time is possible with acupuncture

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Numerous studies confirm the effectiveness of this ancient technique
in the fight against obesity and smoking

The Christmas season traditionally leads to an increase in the number of dinners, catering and, in general, higher intake of food and alcoholic beverages. The result: a weight gain. The scale marks a kilo more to be lost but, yes, always a healthy way. However, nobody likes to go hungry and it is difficult to reduce the amount of food overnight. If we add that many people take advantage of quit dates, which means gain weight, in some cases quite significantly, the question arises how can you lose weight and quit smoking without causing the syndrome abstinence without going hungry? Acupuncture is the answer.

For years, know the pernicious effects of snuff. Psychopharmacological properties of nicotine are similar to other psychostimulant drugs of abuse such as amphetamines and cocaine. According to Dr. Beltrán Carrillo, Geriatrics and Medical Acupuncture specialist who has been engaged as such for the past 15 years, all these drugs produce excitement and stimulation of motor activity when administered to experimental animals so as to humans.

Most smokers have a desire to stop smoking, everyone is aware of the risks to their health, but many fear the withdrawal no longer be able to get it, so continually postponing the final moment will dispense of snuff. Still, 60% of smokers tried to quit once, but only between 3% and 5% of smokers and make attempts to quit, successfully achieves. This low rate may be partly explained, said Dr. Carrillo, by the fact that most quit attempts are performed without assistance, based on willpower.

Thus, any time is ideal for stop smoking, even at the risk of increasing extra kilos, because the benefits are greater. However, it need not happen this weight gain is more, you can lose weight by eliminating the anxiety of withdrawal and if you start a diet together with a tool to prevent hunger, a part of performing some form of exercise.
In this sense, it is noteworthy that obesity is a problem concerning energy balance, ie, it is that these people consume more energy than they consume, leading to increased body fat and, therefore, weight. It is also a fact that there are increasing numbers of obese, both in the adult population in children.

Hence the importance of losing the extra kilos when no cause for concern-not to speak of the need to lose when they really are, because, apart from the aesthetic and social problem that can lead to depressive disorders and even reaches lead to suicidal tendencies, is a frequent cause of vascular diseases, including diseases include coronary, stroke and hypertension. They can also lead to the development of type 2 diabetes, the incidence, according to Dr. Beltrán Carrillo, has increased significantly over the past 30 years increasing the risk of blindness, kidney disease, heart failure, stroke and death. Also, being overweight is associated with the development of many types of cancer and greater and more rapid degeneration of joints.

How to quit smoking and lose weight without going hungry anxiety?
Acupuncture is being used increasingly more frequently to discuss problems related to drug dependence, among which is the snuff. In the early '70s, and began to study the effects that this technique was beneficial in alleviating symptoms associated with opioid dependence. He soon began to publish results of treatments for detoxification of snuff from different areas. In this regard, stresses the review carried out in the early 80s, over 10,000 patients and included 84 publications. In it, acupuncture was positive in 60% of cases. These figures are kept in various descriptive studies conducted since then.

In this sense, says Dr. Beltran Carrillo, the results of acupuncture are as effective as other methods, but with fewer side effects. He adds that in his clinical experience, the effects of this technique are more effective, achieving, most often, the smoker remains neutral with regard to snuff and to reach the desired result in less time. That is, a smoker can be left with only three sessions of acupuncture.

Abandonment of this dependence, it helps to maintain a balanced diet, nutritious and adequate calories for the proper functioning of the body. Therefore, it is a good time to lose weight, preventing weight gain that occurs when you quit. To do this, you need to make a lower energy intake that allows the fat loss, which must also be reconciled with the individual's social life, educate them to change their eating patterns and not get hungry.

Here, is where acupuncture shows its effectiveness. A necessary condition to continue a reduced calorie diet long enough to reach the desired weight is that the person still gets to control his appetite. As says Dr. Carrillo, whether to follow a diet to lose weight, the patient is hungry and has poor concentration, moodiness, it is likely to abandon treatment before the goal. The diet have to lose weight, but have no effect on appetite suppressant.

The mechanisms by which acupuncture achieved suppress appetite are based on changes in neuronal activity in the hypothalamus, leading to an increased feeling of satiety, and increased levels of serotonin, which is involved in the control of eating behavior and body weight in the central nervous system. Stimulating this neurotransmitter (monoamine), reduces food intake, increases energy expenditure and increases intestinal motility.

In short, according to Dr. Carrillo: Acupuncture is a painless technique, atraumatic, without side effects, and effective and efficient to keep getting addicted to nicotine neutral with regard to snuff, especially in smokers motivated to leave this pernicious dependence. And also get optimum results in slimming diets to suppress appetite.

About Dr. Beltran Carrillo

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dr. Carrillo has specialized in geriatrics, although family tradition, ended up choosing to focus the practice of acupuncture, which is Master from the same university. After working as a geriatrician at the Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Madrid, opened private practice in Acupuncture and Geriatrics in 1993.