Are you ready to make a commitment to a new, healthier lifestyle? If you are truly ready to begin losing weight or have been trying with little results, we'd like to help. We have assembled a team of Acupuncturists and Certified Clinical Nutritionists, both devoted to maximizing your health by helping you lose weight.

Our Holistic Weight Loss program consists of 5 weeks of Auricular (Ear) Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Formulas, Nutritional Counseling, and Homeopathic HCG with the HCG Diet plan. Our patients have been losing a considerable amount of weight, some in excess of one pound of body fat per day with our program. Read more about the HCG Diet and how we incorporate it into a total holistic and healthy weight loss program.

This program is supervised by our clinical nutritionist, Dr. Abraham Freeman, a true proponent of Holistic Medicine and a strict adherent to the A.T.W. Simeons HCG Diet and Weight Loss protocol. With this program, you will meet weekly with a Licensed Acupuncturist and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist who will work with you to achieve your goals. Our patients are losing weight! Please call 954-586-2273 to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION.

Acupuncture for weight loss can be a very powerful adjunct to your weight loss program by addressing both the physiological and the psychological facets of weight loss. Acupuncture and Chinese herbs treat the physical, mental and emotional components to any disharmony (illness) in the body, and by doing that, help facilitate weight loss. You will meet weekly with your acupuncturist for auricular ear acupuncture and select body points targeted for weight loss.

From a TCM perspective, the acupuncture points and herbs that are chosen to assist with weight loss directly influence the Qi of the spleen and liver systems to treat the root imbalances that are causing the weight gain.

From a Western perspective, acupuncture and TCM have been shown to have an effect on the function of the nervous system, endocrine system, digestive system, food cravings, and metabolism. All of these influences can help to energize the body, maximize the absorption of nutrients, regulate elimination, control overeating, suppress the appetite, and reduce anxiety.

There are several ways acupuncture for weight loss (both body and ear) can benefit you:

Regulating Metabolism: Acupuncture helps to regulate your metabolism. A history of irregular eating, overeating and even thyroid dysfunction all contribute to a slow metabolism. Acupuncture can help to increase metabolism by stimulating the thyroid and endocrine glands as your body adjusts to the changes in your diet and exercise. Affecting the endocrine system also helps to stabilize blood sugar levels.

Stop Food Cravings: Regular acupuncture treatments can help curb food cravings, just as it has been proven to help cravings for other addictive substances like tobacco and alcohol. Support from acupuncture helps to eliminate cravings and increases the will power to overcome them.

Benefit Digestion: Over time, things like crash diets, irregular eating habits and excessive greasy or fattening foods all take their toll on the digestion. Chronic symptoms such as bloating, gas, heartburn, constipation or diarrhea are all signs that the digestive system is out of balance. Acupuncture can help to harmonize the digestive organs so that you are symptom-free. Proper digestion ensures that you are getting the nutrients you need from your food so you feel less hungry.

Calming and Relaxing: When acupuncture needles are inserted into specific points on the body and in the ear it stimulates the release of endorphins. Endorphins have a calming and relaxing effect on the body. Naturally releasing endorphins makes it easier to deal with stress, frustration and anxiety which can be triggers for emotional eating, overeating and bingeing on fattening foods.

Cleansing the Body: Acupuncture treatments for weight loss help to cleanse your system. Toxins that have been built up over time from excess weight and adipose tissue can cause symptoms such as fatigue, acne and depression. These can be relieved or eliminated with acupuncture, whether or not you are trying to lose weight.

It is important to keep in mind the benefits of having a trained professional to assist you during your weight loss process. It is helpful to have someone help monitor your symptoms during weight loss, and your acupuncturist (in conjunction with your certified clinical nutritionist) is someone who can help treat any adverse symptoms as your body's natural rhythms are restored. Using acupuncture can be a wonderful way to assist you on your goals toward better health and losing weight. Together, you and your acupuncturist can help you set your weight loss goals and achieve them.

Nutritional Counseling with our certified clinical nutritionists are an integral part of this weight loss program. Recommendations are individualized / customized to take into account your personal health, your personal goals and the dietary recommendations that are specific to your constitution. Personalized Nutrition Plans based on the HCG Diet are made to support not just weight loss, but food cravings, sustained energy and an overall sense of health and well-being. Our certified nutritionists will coach you, week by week, to help you achieve your goals.