Ear Acupuncture for Weight Loss

When Polish researchers examined acupuncture as a diet aid, they found that people who got needled lost ten more pounds and tickled two additional points off their BMIs compared with those who merely cut calories.

Acupuncturist Marie Cargill explains that pressure points on the body — mostly on the ear — work as a switchboard to the brain, triggering electrical pulses that suppress appetite. “The ear system is very effective for addition treatment,” she says.