As early as 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed obesity as a disease in the classification of international diseases. According to the definition of the World Health Organization, obesity refers to a state of illness that is excessive accumulation of fat in the body and threatening health. Therefore, obesity no longer simply means that the external is not beautiful. The medical community also generally realizes that obesity is not only a risk factor that causes other diseases, but it is itself a chronic disease.
According to statistics from relevant departments, about 1/5 of our adults are overweight, and 1/10 belong to obesity; more than 40 % of men over 45 years of age have a tendency to obese, and women have reached more than half. Studies have found that in addition to the psychological burden of obese people, they lack confidence and affect life and work. More importantly, it still causes coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, and arthritis The important risk factors of gallstones, respiratory diseases, and certain cancers.
So what causes middle -aged and elderly people to suffer from obesity? Although there are many reasons, the most important thing is that as adults continue to grow, the body’s lean components (other tissues other than fat, including muscles, bones, body fluids, etc.) gradually decrease Essence According to information, the foundation metabolism began to go downhill around the age of 25. Therefore, the World Health Organization suggested that when people are 40 years old, they must reduce calorie intake by about 5%, and by the age of 50, about 5%. By the age of 60 A decrease of 10%. In other words, people should be reduced by more than 20%compared with the age of 40 after the age of 60. Otherwise, the old and elderly people will not consume too much calories, and they will definitely get fat.
Advantages of acupuncture to lose weight
The theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of obesity disease is closely related to the dysfunction of the human spleen, stomach, and kidney. The function of the stomach and kidney makes it coordinate with each other to achieve the purpose of weight loss and weight loss.
Since the 1970s, traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture has carried out research on weight loss treatment and conditioning of obesity. The first application is ear acupoint therapy, which has gradually developed to the treatment of body acupuncture and various methods.
Another characteristic of Chinese medicine acupuncture to lose weight is the two -way regulating effect of acupuncture. Through the stimulation of acupoints, at the same time, it has the effects of “supplement” and “diarrhea”. The function is adjusted to a benign activity state. So acupuncture weight loss is a method of combining treatment and conditioning.
Acupuncture and weight loss economy security, diverse methods, fast effectiveness, simple operation, less pain, and little side effects, so they are widely welcomed.
When acupuncture to lose weight, the patient’s hunger can not only be effectively controlled, but also does not cause full -body discomfort. Acupuncture to lose weight can achieve “not diarrhea, not tired of food, and weak”, so it is a scientific, green, and healthy way to lose weight.
Acupuncture to lose weight is suitable for those
Obesity is mainly divided into two categories, one is simple obesity, and the other is secondary obesity.
Secondary obesity is mainly obesity based on nerve -endocrine -metabolic disorders. Most of the obesity encountered in life is simple obesity, and it does not have obvious endocrine and metabolic diseases. Simple obesity is mainly caused by genetic factors and the nutritional surplus of the day after tomorrow, accounting for about 95%of the total obesity, and the main object of Chinese medicine acupuncture to lose weight is this type of patient.
In 2003, the “obesity problem group” in my country measured data on the large -scale measurement of the crowd in China, summarized the relationship between weight index and related diseases, and proposed the boundary value of the level of ultra -weight obesity for Chinese adults. The following weight index <18.5 is too low, the weight is normal between 18.5 and 23.9, it is overweight between 24.0 and 27.9, and ≥28 is obesity.
At present, the weight index (BMI) calculation recognized by the World Health Organization is the weight index (kg / m 2) = weight (kg) ÷ [height (meter) × height (meter)].
It should be noted that determining whether obesity is not suitable for the following groups of children, and the elderly, athletes and muscles, and pregnant women who cannot accurately measure their height.
In addition, obese men’s waist circumference ≥85 cm can be used to diagnose obese, ≥95 cm as obese; women’s waist circumference ≥80 cm is overweight, ≥90 cm is obesity. The waist circumference reflects the content of visceral fat, so measuring waist circumference is also a good way to measure obesity, which can be judged with the weight index.
What are the problems need to pay attention to acupuncture to lose weight
At present, acupuncture and weight loss in the society are many, and the treatment agencies are also mixed with fish and dragons, so we must solemnly remind everyone that if you decide to choose Chinese medicine acupuncture to treat obesity, we must go to the medical unit for medical units approved by relevant government departments. Doctors’ weight loss and conditioning under the guidance and treatment.
At the same time, we must warn everyone that in the process of acupuncture weight loss, do not rush to achieve success, we must step by step. Under normal circumstances, our treatment standard is 0.5 kg a week, that is, 2 kilograms per month, so that the weight of the weight loss person is not easy to rebound. A course of treatment for acupuncture is 3 months. Everyone should formulate a weight loss plan with a professional doctor based on their actual situation and combine with diet and exercise. It should also be noted that although acupuncture has a good curative effect on simple obesity, obese patients should consolidate 1 or 2 courses of treatment after obtaining the effect to prevent weight rebate.
What else do you need to do while moxibustion to lose weight
While acupuncture treatment and regulatory obesity, obese patients should change the unreasonable eating habits and adjust the diet structure under the guidance of a professional doctor. Middle -aged and elderly obese patients should follow the following principles
Restricting the intake of carbohydrates usually consumes carbohydrates and other foods that we consume. If too much intake, the remaining heat will be converted into fat and stored, so it is necessary to limit the intake of such foods.
Limit the intake of fat is mainly to restrict foods with high fat content such as food oil and fat. For a obese man, the calories he consumes less than normal people can promote the decomposition of excess fat in the burning body and achieve the purpose of weight loss. In the weight loss diet, the daily fat amount should be limited to about 40 grams.
The restricted diet we are talking about here refers to controlling the amount of diet within a certain range of doctors. Many people adopt excessive diet in order to lose weight. It seems that only eating less and hunger can lose weight. However, experts believe that weight loss should bid farewell to excessive diet, and the key is to reduce fat intake and increase energy consumption, which is science.
Ensure that protein intake of fish, eggs, lean meat and soy products, are rich in protein. Protein not only has the function of constitutes the body tissue, but also has the effects of supplying calories and regulating physiological functions. Therefore, the reduction of heat supply for obese people is mainly to reduce the supply of carbohydrates and fat, rather than reduce protein. In losing weight, it usually takes about 100 grams of protein daily.
Ensuring the supply of inorganic salts and vitamins is rich in inorganic salts and vitamins, which is an indispensable food that ensures human health. Eat more vegetables, because the cellulose contained in vegetables cannot digest and can promote gastrointestinal motility, so it can not only satisfy the sense of fullness and reduce the calorie reserves in the body, but also promote defecation.
The amount of salt control of salt has hydrophilicity. If there are too many salt intake, it will not only cause water retention in the body, but also increase the blood volume and weight of the human body. At the same time, too much salt intake can lead to a variety of diseases such as hypertension and heart disease. Therefore, we should usually control the intake of salt. The daily salt of normal people in my country should be limited to 6-8 grams, and the salt intake of obese patients should be limited to about 5 grams.
Preparation of diet and diet suitable for long -term consumption is one of the important methods of weight loss. When choosing food varieties and cooking methods, it is necessary to ensure that the food of the food is low, unchanged, and comprehensive, but also to ensure the combination of color, aroma, and taste. Essence
In addition to paying attention to their diet, they must also strengthen exercise in addition to their attention. But before carrying out sports, we must conduct a comprehensive examination of your body, especially the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular.
The sports content of middle -aged and elderly people include jogging, fast walking, cycling, swimming, skipping rope, kicking, simple equipment movement, etc. (choose one or alternately). Each activity is 30 to 45 minutes and 3 to 4 times a week. The heart rate during exercise is controlled at the highest heart rate × (60%to 70%) (maximum heart rate = 220 -age). The intensity of exercise should be stepped step by step. If there is abnormal heart beating, chest tightness, qi, dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, cold, fever or exercise system damage, etc., exercise should be stopped immediately and goes to the hospital for treatment.
(Editor in charge: Wang Yanyu Intern editor: Zhu Yanmei)