[Obesity Discussion]

I dunno, sounds kinda shady to me:

A Solution to the Obesity Crisis

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Obesity is a problem of epidemic proportions. Obesity contributes to many health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart problems. Ed Benjamin, a Certified Hypnotist in San Antonio, Texas, has helped thousands of people lose weight and more importantly, keep it off. After years of study, Ed has developed an Ultimate Weight Loss program that uses hypnosis, subliminal technology and sleep affirmations to help others combat obesity.

Texas (PRWEB) October 8, 2006 -- This nation and the entire globe have a crisis of epidemic proportions…obesity! The nation's scales are going up...up...up...and it's clear that we have a health crisis on our hands. The obesity crisis has not contributed to many health problems in both children and adults, including diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

What can we do about America's obesity epidemic? It's not just a case of telling people to eat fewer doughnuts and walk around the block each day. To change a person’s eating and exercise habits, we must create a fundamental change in the mind at a subconscious level. When we consciously make a choice to do something (like change our eating habits and exercise more), our critical mind, an inherent psychological device, blocks the suggestion from entering the subconscious where true, long-lasting change can take place. Since the subconscious controls 100% of all physical abilities and 99% of all mental and emotional capabilities, the answer then lies in the subconscious.

Ed Benjamin, a Certified Hypnotist, in San Antonio, Texas, has found an answer to the obesity crisis. A student of the human mind, Ed doesn’t rely strictly on hypnosis alone to get the job done. He has incorporated subliminal technology along with sleep affirmations into his hypnosis program to help his clients lose weight. After years of study, Ed has developed a Weight Loss program; combing the best features of self-hypnosis, subliminal technology and affirmations to ensure lasting weight loss.

When interviewed, Ed stated that he “wanted to develop a program to absolutely ensure success. While each modality has proven successful in its own right, why not combine them into a program so that they would complement each other. Therefore, each person gets the benefits of each of the modalities so that they can lose the weight and keep it off.”

Self-hypnosis is a very effective way to change your eating and exercise behaviors alone. As you listen to the self-hypnosis program, you become relaxed. In this state, the critical mind goes “on vacation” thereby allowing the subconscious to receive the suggestion directly for maximum benefit.

Subliminal programs work differently. Subliminal technology offers a system whereby the conscious mind is distracted thereby enabling the suggestions to go directly into the subconscious. The subliminal suggestions are pitched just below the conscious perception level but at a level where the subconscious can hear them clearly. According to Dr. Steven M. Freitag, Ph.D.; “Subliminal suggestions use different forms, from mental pictures to sounds, to help develop a positive thought process and to help a person overcome negative thoughts and behaviors so that the person can succeed in his or her goals. Before, just repeating a single phrase over and over again through subliminal suggestions worked well enough. Now, subliminal suggestions need to contain positive as well as negative suggestions which allow a person to think of the benefits for his or herself in addition to remembering the negative effects the behavior is having on his or her life. This allows a person the will to make the change” allowing “a person to focus and develop positive behavior instead of reverting back to his or her negative behavior.”

In addition, sleep affirmations take advantage of the fact that the last thought a person has on his/her conscious mind just before they drift off to sleep is processed by the subconscious throughout the sleep cycle.

By combining various modalities into a comprehensive, yet inexpensive program, Ed Benjamin has created a program to help curb the obesity epidemic.

Hypnosis works by channeling suggestions directly into the client’s subconscious mind where change takes place. After achieving a hypnotic state, the suggestions go directly to the subconscious. Subliminal technology offers a system whereby the conscious mind is distracted thereby enabling the suggestions to go directly into the subconscious. The subliminal suggestions are pitched just below the conscious perception level but at a level where the subconscious can hear them clearly. Sleep affirmations take advantage of the fact that the subconscious will work on any suggestion presented to it just before a person goes to sleep.

He later goes on to sell his $50 CDs. Sounds like a scam to me, but I thought it was kinda funny.