Fat???: TCM's take on the bulge

Everywhere around the world, people are getting really fat. Even the Chinese!

You have finally made the decision to lose weight. You know it won't be easy but not impossible. You also know how you'll go about the diet and excercise part but won't know if its the best way until it works. Others you know have lost weight maybe doing Atkins or Slimfast and may have fallen into that sorry 95% of people who just gain it right back!

Have you ever wondered why people are not getting it right. Today, the dogma of calories in vs. calories out dominates weight loss thoery, but maybe we're losing sight of the bigger picture?

Similar to the modern understanding of weight loss, Traditional Chinese Medicine showed around 200 B.C that bad eating habits and lack of excercise are the main culprits of obesity. However, much emphasis was placed on your underlying body condition and how it can contribute to weight gain. Contrary to the one size fits all approach to slimming down nowadays.

The proper function of your Liver, Spleen, Kidney and Urinary Bladder lead to weight loss. T.C.M focuses on getting these in good working condition to elimante fat effectively. You may be wondering, how effectively?

Does Guiness World record breaking effective sound good?

A hospital in Tianjin City, north China, has set a world record for its weight loss treatment program for obese patients. The Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital has successfully helped over a thousand extremely overweight people to slim down.

Two patients, have set records for losing high amounts of weight within short periods of time. In one case, a man who weighed 265 kg(585 lbs) lost 80 kg(176 lbs) in 100 days.

Check out some great before and after weight loss photos of China's little emperor's.