Being at
your ideal weight for your
height and bone structure is very important for your overall health and
well-being. Being overweight or obese can have detrimental effects on your
physical health, mental health, and lifestyle.
As important as losing weight is for your health, it is one of the most
difficult things to accomplish. The healthiest methods for losing weight
involve natural methods such as diet and exercise. Research has
shown that hypnosis is an effective tool to use in order to lose weight and
continue to lose weight and keep it off in the long-term.
Carrying extra
pounds has a negative effect on your health and can to lead to life-threatening
problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke,
and diabetes. Losing weight can also help improve joint health, reduce your
risk of getting certain kinds of cancer, and improve your ability to sleep
(Life Clinic).
Many studies have
been conducted to study the effect that hypnotherapy has on a person's ability
to lose weight and their ability to keep it off in the long-term. In 1998, a
study involved 60 obese participants. The patients were randomly divided into
one of three groups. One group received
hypnosis that focused on stress reduction; another group received
hypnosis that focused on energy intake reduction, and the
third group received only dietary advice.
Researchers
studied the percent of body weight lost at 7 different follow-ups from 1-month
to 18-months after the treatment. At the 3-month follow-up, all participants in
the three groups had lost 2-3% of their baseline body weight. However, at the
18-month follow-up, the group that had received hypnotherapy and
stress reduction reported continued significant weight loss compared to no
change in the other two groups. This study shows that when hypnotherapy is used
in combination with stress relief suggestions, weight loss is significant in
the long-term (Stradling, Roberts, Wilson, and Lovelock, 1998).
In a meta-analysis
of two studies involving hypnotherapy and weight loss, Kirsch (1996) found a
significant difference in amount of pounds lost comparing participants who
received hypnosis and those who did not receive hypnosis. The initial follow-up
showed the average weight loss to be 6.00 pounds in the
non-hypnosis group and 11.83 pounds in the hypnosis group. The
last follow-up conducted with the studies showed that the
non-hypnosis group lost an average of 6.03 pounds and the
hypnosis group lost an average of 14.88 pounds. This meta-analysis
showed that use of hypnotherapy greatly increased amount of weight lost over
time.
These studies show
that hypnotherapy is a valid form of weight loss treatment and has lasting
effects in the long-term. Hypnosis takes only a few sessions and has a
long-term effect that helps patients continue to lose weight. This is an
effective and naturalmethod of losing
weight and keeping it off.
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