Natural Weight Management

DANGERS OF OVERWEIGHT

Due to the rich modern diet and less chance of exercising, more and more
people are suffering from the problem of overweight. Besides causing trouble
to one's health, improper weight management also shortens life span. Obesity
contributes to create another disease beside itself and just to mention a
few, the following disorders are commonly seen along with improper weight
management:

Hypercholesterolemia (abnormality of
the cholesterol level)

diabetes

Heart problems

Shortness of breath

Gallstone

Bone diseases

Infertility

depression

Stress

Fat vs. Obesity

Obesity is a disease of overweight caused by accumulation of excessive fat in
the human body. When the weight of a person surpasses the normal by 10%, it
is called fat. But when the body weight exceeds 20% of the ideal body weight,
obesity occur. Overweight appears from several causes, among them due to
complicated illness, hormone irregularity, poor eating habits and choice of
food, hereditary, metabolism irregularity, lack of exercise, renal
dysfunction and others.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

Traditional chines medicine (TCM) diagnoses the treat the overweight problem
based on the cause of the illness. Therapy is prescribed to treat the 'root"
of the disease. Since acupuncture and herbs are natural treatments, they
eliminates various side effects caused by the improper intake of drugs or
starving, which can both seriously harm one's health.