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Chapter 7:

Current Areas of Interest in Slimming

 

Synopsis

Slimming has spawned numerous programs – fad diets, hormonal treatments, natural methods, yoga, and surgical methods. There is always something new in each of these.

Every so often, some new kind of diet that is supposed to remove excess weight fast and is easy is introduced in the market and people with weight issues would try it. There is never a diet regime too difficult to do as long as it promises a speedy and definite solution.

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Going Organic

Lately slimming diets are increasingly becoming non-pharmaceutical. This shift from pharmaceutical products is the result of the growing awareness of people that slimming dangers are likely to be prevented with the use of organic solutions or concoctions.

Organic foods that are proven to possess energy boosting, metabolism changing and calorie blocking or carb absorption properties seems to be the areas of interest in slimming these days.

Most of these of products are supplements, of course, but they interest a lot people because they can lose extra pounds without resorting to diet plans that force them to endure intense hunger pangs and food cravings.

Often weight loss supplements are extracts from fruits and herbs. There is no lack of such products in the market and their number continue to increase as more and more fruits and herbal are discovered to contain slimming properties.

Surgical Procedures

For those who have money to spare and who have exhausted all other means the area of slimming interests are the fast acting programs basically surgical procedures.

These days, wide incisions are no longer necessary as most surgeries are done via laparoscopic procedures where all that’s required is a tin incision  fo insertin o camer and  tool fo meltin the accumulated fat layers It is estimated that around 200,000 people undergo weight loss surgeries each year.

The latest method slimming surgery is the Gastric Plication, which does not actually remove the fats but drastically reduces the appetite by placing folds in the stomach. It is a method that is minimally invasive.

Weight Loss Massage

There are two types of weight loss massage. One performed by a machine, another by a human. The first is accomplished by applying a machine that gives the body a massage while applying heat. There are many kinds of massage for weight loss performed by humans, most supplemented by herbal lotions.

Hormone Injections

The human body has many hormones which are capable of speeding– up fat burning, improving the metabolic process, boosting energy levels, and other things that help reduce weight Many companies producing weight loss products are constantly studying these hormones and coming up with products based on them.

Fat Clubs

Then there are Fat clubs which are meant to provide adequate support to dieters. They are with people with the same problem so they can relate and sympathize. Of course, they have to follow specific slimming programs and guidelines.

The point of these clubs is dieters are more motivated to succeed because they are doing the same things and the success of one motivates the other to strive even harder.

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