Hypnosis for weight loss?
September 4th, 2005 by NancyEver considered hypnosis to help you lose weight? Apparently, more and more people are, nowadays:
Imagine a world where chocolate cake holds no temptation, where celery is an indulgence and food cravings float away in a balloon.
Now open your eyes to the trancelike world of Americans who are turning to hypnosis to drop extra poundage.
In a nation where two-thirds of the population is overweight or obese, some dieters are hoping hypnosis will finally break food’s spell over them.
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Despite its hokey, magic-show aura, hypnosis is used as an alternative treatment in medical institutions to manage everything from pain to smoking to weight loss.
And as waistlines continue to bulge, hypnotherapists say they’re seeing more patients desperate for a way to control their eating.
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