Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry. Most people who enjoy a standard Western diet are also carrying around a few extra pounds that they continue to struggle to remove. Even with all of the media attention on the necessity of eating a well balanced diet, full of fresh fruits, vegetables and raw nuts and seeds, most people struggle to eat the requisite 8 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
Couple this struggle with the high levels of stress and negative emotions that are rampant in a society who draws comfort from airbrushed images of stick thin models and you have a recipe for disaster.
Enter the weight loss industry which has developed every potential answer to this problem under the sun. There are pills, exercise programs, day spas, week-long spas, starving, eating only one or two types of food, taking herbal supplements, acupuncture, structured support groups, counting points, weigh ins, weigh outs, and any number of other options that will make the whole process easier.
Unfortunately there aren’t too many programs that try to solve the question of why we eat the way we do; why we don’t exercise and why we are so opposed to the idea.
Enter Emotional Freedom Techniques, or EFT, which addresses the stress, anxiety and negative emotions in our lives that are at the root of many of today’s medical problems, including obesity. People eat for a number of different reasons, not the least of which is hunger. However, hunger doesn’t cause us to become obese. Instead, when people eat it’s because they want to gratify cravings, cover emotions, are bored or are feeding a habit, they can gain weight at a phenomenal rate.
Reference:
(1) Emotional Freedom Techniques University: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings with Six Month Followup
http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3575&Itemid=2071
Resources:
Emotional Freedom Techniques University: Clinical Benefits of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Food Cravings at 12-Months Follow-up: A Randomized Controlled Trial
http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9011
Emotional Freedom Techniques University: The Effect of a Brief EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2442&Itemid=2045
Meridian Therapy: EFT Research Published in Peer Reviewed Journals or Presented at Professional Conferences.
http://www.meridian-therapy.com/images/research/19-EFT_Research_List.pdf
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