I am dieting with a calorie-counting app. What approach does a Korean-medicine clinic recommend?
An app helps review intake but provides estimates, so a plan should not be based on numbers alone. Assess eating, sleep, activity, symptoms, medical history, and medicines together.
App calories are estimates based on entered foods and amounts. Cooking, actual portions, post-exercise snacks, daily activity, and water changes may differ, so use the record to review patterns.
Korean medicine may interpret digestive and energy decline as spleen qi deficiency (脾虛), swelling and heaviness as phlegm-fluid retention (痰飮), and circulation discomfort as blood stasis (瘀血). This is a clinical perspective, not a way to confirm a cause from calories alone.
Care reviews goals, food records, sleep, activity, conditions, medicines, digestion, and bowel movements to build a sustainable plan. If dizziness, severe fatigue, or palpitations occurs, adjust rather than lowering the target further.
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