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Aural Stimulation as Add-on to Diet for Weight Loss: A Preliminary Clinical Study
| Anna Esposito1, Gregorio Fistetto1, Alessandro Di Cerbo1* and Beniamino Palmieri2 | |
| 1Poliambulatorio del Secondo Parere, Modena, Italy | |
| 2Dipartimento di Chirurgia Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy | |
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. Alessandro Di Cerbo Poliambulatorio del Secondo Parere Modena, Italy E-mail: alessandro811@hotmail.it |
| Received November 21, 2012; Accepted December 26, 2012; Published December 28, 2012 | |
| Citation: Esposito A, Fistetto G, Di Cerbo A, Palmieri B (2012) Aural Stimulation as Add-on to Diet for Weight Loss: A Preliminary Clinical Study. J Obes Wt Loss Ther 2:155. doi:10.4172/2165-7904.1000155 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Esposito A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
We investigated the efficacy of bilateral electric auricular nerve stimulation in combination with hypo caloric or high-protein diet in 40 overweighed and obese healthy volunteer patients (4 groups of 10 individuals each) vs. diet alone. After 2 months of simultaneous treatment with electric stimulation and diet there was an average weight loss of 7.07 kg in the hypocaloric group and 9.48 kg in the high-protein one, whereas an average weight loss of 5.9 kg and 7.17 kg were observed with hypocaloric and high-protein diet alone, respectively. These results suggest that bilateral auricular nerve stimulation can help increase the weight loss in patients when used in combination with high-protein diet. Thus weight loss induced by nutritional strategies can safely and effectively be enhanced by neuro-reflexological aural stimulation.
