Chinese Medicine

Why lose weight in the fall?

Recently one of my friends complained to me that she rebounded five pounds within two weeks since the fall begins. As a matter of fact, she lost eight pounds this summer through hard work. She is so puzzle that why all she have suffered to lose weight this summer would be in vain so easily?

Human body’s weight is volatile in the year. High temperatures in summer tends to influence appetite. Moreover, women would subconsciously eat less to lose weight because dressing less in the summer can highlight their willowy figure. Therefore, from the summer to the fall, people generally are relatively thinner, which makes lose weight in the fall relatively easier.

People, however, also gain weight easily in the fall. Since the fall begins, the weather gradually turns cool, and the human body feels more comfortable. Compared with in the summer, sweating decrease, metabolism of water and salt restore to balance, digestive function is back to normal and energy metabolism is relatively stable in the fall. So when the fall comes, the fat accumulates gradually and the body begins to gain weight again. Increased appetite and more sleep are the obvious performance.

How to lose weight in the fall

At this point, people need appropriate reduction in sleep, diet, and appropriate increase in exercise. Otherwise, the efforts to lose weight in the summer could come to naught and the lost weight could rebound in the fall. If necessary, weight loss programs with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are a not bad choice though.

Weight loss programs with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are the application of the basic theory of syndrome differentiation, in which regulating the excretory organ is the breakthrough point in the effort to lose weight. Acupuncture to lose weight is based on the stimulation in the acupoints, which can weaken the gastric motility, restraint acid excretion, result in an extension of gastric emptying time, promote the body’s fat metabolism and fat burning, and finally lose weight.

The feature of weight loss programs in the fall

It is an important feature that weight loss programs with TCM vary from season to season. Like in the fall, weight loss programs must proceed from strengthening the spleen, to lose weight while replenishing blood and nourishing qi.

The fall is the most suitable season for tonification. To lose weight in this quarter need to pay extra attention to the features of the spleen, which hosts food transportation and digestion, governs ascending clear, controls the blood, and like dryness and dislike dampness.

It is important to keep people spirited during weight loss programs with TCM.

Tips besides weight loss programs with TCM

In addition to weight loss programs with TCM, paying attention to some details may also bring you surprise on weight loss.

1. Thinned soup or a fruit before meals

Thinned soup can suppress appetite and increase satiety. Soup before eating will reduce the appetite. When eating fruit, chewing and the stomach satiety are the two elements to satisfy people’s appetite and make people stop eating.

2. Less at dinner and vegetarian-based

If eating dinner too late too much, a high level of insulin secretion in the human body turns easily the heat into fat and store them in the body, thus obesity occurs.

3. A half-hour walk after dinner

At this point, the energy spent on physical exercise is from fat burning, which can be effective in reducing body fat and lose weight.