You may want to add acupuncture to your weight loss plan as a recent study has suggested that it is effective. The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical trial on the use of acupuncture for weight control. (iStock)The participants were randomly assigned to two groups for the controlled trial: the “real acupuncture group” and the “sham acupuncture group.” Each participant underwent a total of 16 sessions of acupuncture treatment over eight weeks. After undergoing acupuncture treatment, the “real acupuncture group” delivered a decrease of 2.47 kg in average weight and a drop of 1.56 kg/m2 in average BMI. The “sham acupuncture group” had an average weight loss of 0.54 kg with an average lowering of 0.19 kg/m2 in BMI.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2017 06:45 UTC