New Diet Strategies
December 10th, 2009 Posted by: Ivan Girevoy
With the long and colorful history of dieting, countless weight loss strategies have come into existence. Most do not become popular diet programs such as the South Beach diet and Atkins diet have achieved. Nevertheless, it’s still interesting to know these less popular dieting methods.
Hypnosis
This is one of the last methods for weight loss that would cross your mind. Hypnotism is not only used for bizarre cartoon shows, but can actually be of help in real life.
With this kind of program, you can visit hypnotist who can administer the procedure. You are placed into a state of mind in which you are able to control your food cravings and suppress your appetite. This of course then leads to weight loss.
Due to the stigma about hypnotism,most people just snicker at the idea of this method of weight loss.
Subliminal Messages
Subliminal messaging has also be used in weight loss.There are still institutions that believe the human mind is capable of receiving subliminal messages that are embedded on various kinds of media.
For instance, you can listen to an audio tape or music that subliminally tells you to control your appetite and not eat fatty foods. The messages that you want to get can vary depending on your need. There are companies that actually render this kind of service. All you’d have to do is tell them what you want to achieve and they can embed a subliminal message to your favorite band’s music!
This is one good way of getting motivation, especially if you lack it so you can exercise.
Stomach Stapling
If you’re really into extremes, one weight loss method would be stomach stapling. This entail undergo a medical procedure known as Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. Although it is a Medical procedure, that is used to manage obesity, the whole surgery itself is considered to be dangerous and is only used as a last resort.
The procedure literally involves staples along with a band. This is used to make a small pouch in your stomach. At the bottom of this pouch, there would be a 1 cm hole in which the contents of the pouch could flow into the rest of your stomach and continue further to the rest of your digestive system. The aim of this procedure would be to regulate your metabolic rate along with your calorie intake.
Acupuncture (or as I call it… “pin cushion therapy”)
Acupuncture therapy is another alternative method. Traditional Chinese medicine says, people tend to have excess weight because of an imbalance within their system
With acupuncture, certain pressure points on your body are targeted to bring back the normal function of your liver and spleen. The therapy would target the well-being of your endocrine system, which can leave you with a happy disposition.
Massage Therapy For Weight Loss
Believers in this kind of method claim that getting a massage can actually help in weight loss due to various reasons. Since massage can enhance one’s blood circulation, it is thought that it can increase a person’s metabolic rate. This increase in metabolism can definitely expend the stock energy inside the body and leads to weight loss.
It improves the strength of your muscles, which makes them more fit when exercising. You should understand that getting a massage is only considered to be a support for weight loss and not really a main activity for shedding weight.
