How specifically do you help with diet shakes and meal planning at your clinic?
We don't advocate for mindless fasting or relying solely on shakes. We first analyze your metabolic capacity and take a phased approach, adjusting meal portions based on your digestive health and supplementing missing energy with herbal medicine. The core goal is not just cutting calories, but creating an internal environment where your body can efficiently burn energy on its own.
Many people try to replace meals with shakes out of enthusiasm, only to experience fatigue and dizziness. This happens because digestive capacity and metabolic rates vary significantly from person to person. At Baekrokdam Korean Medicine Clinic, we guide you through the following steps:
1. Assessment of Constitution and Metabolism: We first check for 'Bi-heo' (脾虛), a condition where weakened spleen function leads to poor digestion and absorption. If someone with weak digestion consumes only high-protein shakes, they often experience severe bloating.
2. Gradual Dietary Transition: Instead of an abrupt switch to shakes, we slowly reduce the portion of regular meals to naturally shrink the stomach's capacity. Simultaneously, we provide prescriptions to help eliminate 'Dam-eum' (痰飮), which are accumulated metabolic wastes and phlegm in the body.
3. Activating the Metabolic Switch: We use herbal medicine to support your basal metabolic rate and suppress 'false hunger.' Once 'Eo-hyeol' (瘀血)—stagnant blood or blood stasis—is resolved and circulation improves, managing your diet becomes surprisingly easier.
4. Establishing Sustainable Habits: Shakes are strictly supplementary. The ultimate goal is to change the actual amount of food your body remembers as its standard portion.
Rather than starving yourself, finding the 'limit your body can handle' is the most effective way to prevent the yo-yo effect. Together, we will find the optimal pace tailored specifically to your body.
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