Q How is this different from starvation dieting? Wouldn't starving myself while taking the herbal medicine make me lose weight faster?
A Starving actually backfires. Losing muscle lowers your basal metabolism, making you gain weight easily again from even small amounts of food later. A consistent meal size is the key to rebound-free weight loss.
Detailed Answer
Extreme starvation makes the body break down muscle for energy. Less muscle means lower basal metabolism, so calories burned in daily life decrease, and fat piles back on even with a slight increase in food after treatment. The number of fat cells itself doesn't decrease, so the strategy is to shrink their size while keeping metabolism up so they don't refill.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
Dongjedang's medication guide states that "eating a consistent amount at consistent times is the only way to actually shrink the stomach." Eating well while boosting metabolism with constitutional herbal medicine is a far more sustainable approach.
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