Aromatherapy: Proven to be Effective in Weight Loss
If you’re the type of person who just can’t refrain from eating a lot unhealthy food, it’s about time you try aromatherapy for weight loss.
An aromatherapist said that several essences can help people lose weight easier because they enable you to suppress your appetite and improve your mood.
Experts suggest you carry around a bottle of grapefruit oil to smell whenever you are feeling unnecessarily hungry or tempted to eat. Taking three to five breaths while holding the bottle to your nose would reduce your craving.
Aromatherapy for weight loss is not really a substitute to a balanced diet and regular exercise, but can be an addition to the routine.
In 2013, there was a study that was released suggesting that the smell of olive oil helped curb cravings and helped people eat less.
The reason that different kinds of smells determine how we eat is because our sense of smell is a huge determinant over what a certain type of food might taste like. But either way, smell alone will not be enough to suppress a person’s appetite effectively. You must still eat and be on a diet.
If you are really keen on keeping a healthy weight, you should exercise and keep a balanced diet.
A powerful aroma could actually make or break your appetite. The sense of smell is the most important among the five senses, so it also follows how you lead your body to one of the most important things that it directs you to do; which is eating.
Personally, I would like to smell an invigorating scent like lemon during the day so that I will not be stressed. Stress is actually the main reason why people eat a lot. When you are not stressed your eating pattern is regular. Eat six small meals during the course of your day, stress-eating on an empty stomach will especially lead your body to gaining weight.
When you think that you cannot prevent yourself from eating, sniff some lavender oil to make your body feel relaxed. When your body is relaxed, it allows you to eat the right amount of food.
Aromatherapy is essential in improving our health.