SPECIAL REPORT ON OBESITY
By James Pool MA

The first year of medical hypnosis was a great success.  To introduce the second year of the medical hypnosis program, I decided to give an in-depth look at one of the topics being covered this year.  But which illness to choose, since everything we will be studying in 2006 is of great interest?  In the spring semester we will be studying dermatology, obesity, asthma and allergies, epilepsy and digestive disorders. In the fall we will study PMS, IBS, childbirth, surgery preparation and recovery, and chronic fatigue.

The average hypnotist probably knows very little about the use of hypnosis in the treatment of epilepsy. So it would be easy to impress with new information in this area.  However, a topic like obesity is more of a challenge. Every hypnotherapist thinks they know how to use hypnosis for weight loss. Certainly most, if not all, have been trained to treat weight problems.  However, in the last ten years there has been a dramatic change in overweight people.  For this reason, I decided to give those considering taking the class, an in-depth look at just some of the material in our study of obesity.

INFORMATION TO CHANGE ALL YOUR IDEAS ABOUT HYPNOSIS AND WEIGHT LOSS

Many food companies are adding chemicals to our food that are intended to stimulate the appetite, add body weight and make people addicted to certain foods.

Many of these chemical food additives and preservatives were developed by Nazi scientists during World War II when there was food shortages in Germany and Hitler wanted the Germans to store body fat. While writing two books on Hitler, “Who Financed Hitler” and “Hitler and His Secret Partners” I discovered that these same food addictives are being used today throughout the world. Why would food companies want to put chemicals in food to deliberately make people fat? market research studies have been done that proved what seems so obvious, that fat people buy more food than thin people. Fat people have a larger appetite, are hungry more often and eat larger portions than the other people.  You only need to take a trip to America to see how true this is.  A very popular chain restaurant in Chicago  is a good example. I saw very fat people eating from huge plates pilled high with food. The main courses were so large I just ordered an appetizer and had more than enough to eat. The fat people had an appetizer, salad, main course, and desert. My bill was only one third of theirs.  Hence, once you become fat, you are a better customer for the food industry.

FOODS THAT MAKE YOU HUNGRIER AFTER YOU HAVE EATEN THEM

Most junk foods and many snack foods contain chemicals that stimulate the appetite.  You can’t stop eating, and want more and more until the bag or box is empty.  Most of these snack foods and junk foods also contain chemicals, including huge amounts of salt that are intended to make you thirstier.  You just have to drink with these foods.  This is very convenient for the manufacturer of the snack foods who also own soft drink companies. By using the term “ Junk Food” I don’t just mean crisps, chips and biscuits. Normally healthy food like soup and sandwiches can be junk food if they are full of chemical addictives, fats, sugar and salt.

Perhaps the most sinister thing is that food companies put chemicals in the food that get you addicted to their product. You crave the food and you have an irresistible urge to eat it. If you cannot get it, you may become agitated and have a sudden depressed feeling. You might even feel physically ill and possible get a headache.  You problem is almost as bad as a drug addicts.
Addictions to junk food can be almost as bad as addictions to some drugs.  Powerful hypnotic techniques are needed to break the hold such addictions have over people. However, the good news is powerful new hypnotic methods do work.  People do not need to starve themselves.  The issue is chemicals, not just calories. You will learn hypnotic techniques to deal with the depression and withdrawal symptoms at the beginning of a weight loss program, for people who have a junk food addictions. Remember “Junk Food” can be any food full of addictives, fat, salt and sugar.

PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT FEEL TRAPPED

TREATING WEIGHT PROBLEMS WITH HYPNOSIS ISN’T THE SAME ANYMORE

.Naturally the idea of low fat, low calorie “diet food” appeals to people who are overweight.  But “diet food” is a great deception. It actually makes people fatter.  Foods advertised as “diet”, “low fat”, “low calorie”, “sugar free”, “light” or “low carbs” are usually full of chemical additives and artificial sweeteners that increase your appetite.

SYNTHETIC FOODS MAKE YOU FAT

Overweight people are also trapped by the defense mechanisms of their own bodies.  Many chemical food additives are actually poisonous in anything but very small amounts . Unfortunately, these dangerous chemicals are not eliminated from the body as easily as they were consumed.  Poisons are retained  in the body’s fat cells. Since overweight people eat more food with chemical toxins than normal people, their body’s fat cells are full of poisons. The body’s natural defense mechanism is to dilute these poisons with water. Thus fat people often retain larger and larger amounts of water making them appear fatter and fatter.

Overweight people are also trapped by their own minds and the cynical advertising of the diet industry.  They cannot get their mind off food and weight. The more they think about food, the more they crave it.  In desperation they turn to chemical laden diet products that make them fatter and unable to get off the weight gain treadmill.

MEDICAL HYPNOSIS CAN HELP

How can hypnosis help? Using hypnotherapy to treat chemically driven obesity is not as simple as using hypnosis for weight loss was in the past. You must be able to offer people hope. They have tried and failed on many diets.  Most people do not even know it is the chemical food additives that are making them fat. Medical hypnosis can treat their psychological mood at the same time it gets them to eat healthy food and like it. The therapy is a delicate balancing act. Because of the chemical additives in food, even people who are only twenty pounds  . . . overweight will often have accompanying health issues like high blood sugar, partially clogged arteries and impaired liver function that require a knowledge of medical hypnosis to treat.

THOUSANDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE BEING PUT INTO OUR FOOD

There are literally thousands of toxic chemicals in our food.  Many of them are not listed on the labels.  Most of these chemicals are poison. If you consumed a large amount of them, they would kill you. Scientists who work for the food industry and the government insist the chemicals are safe in very small amounts in the short term. However, the long term is a different story.

What chemical food additives are the principle offenders in making people fat?

EXCITOTOXINS
CHEMICALS, NOT CALORIES ARE MAKING PEOPLE FAT

First, are the excitotoxins. These are chemicals added to food and drinks that can literally stimulate brain neurons to death, .  The main excitotoxins are monosodium glutamate, or MSG, the flavor enhancer and the artificial sweetener, Aspartame.

When MSG is given to pregnant mice, their offspring are grossly obese. In fact, if scientists need fat mice or rats for test studies they simply inject them with MSG when they are young. Since obesity is one of the most consistent features of the MSG syndrome, it is likely that MSG plays an important role in the new obesity epidemic, especially since MSG is now included in over half of the food in the supermarket or restaurants.  People who are trying to watch their weight often resort to diet soft drinks that are sweetened with aspartame.  Unfortunately, aspartame can produce the same problem as MSG, obesity.

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Another food additive that plays a big role in making people fatter is high-fructose corn syrup, which is added to soft drinks, baked goods, deserts, frozen foods and even some energy bars.  In America, it is now more widely used than sugar as a sweetener, and its use is spreading worldwide. One 12-ounce soft drink has the equivalent of 13 teaspoons of sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup. For those who are trying to lose weigh, one low-fat fruit flavored yogurt can contain 10 teaspoons of high fructose corn syrup.  Research has shown that when consumed this sweetener goes directly to the liver, releasing enzymes that instruct the body to store fat. In America, scientists have shown that in 1980, just after high fructose corn syrup was introduced on a large scale, the obesity rates began to go up dramatically and by 2000 had doubled. Unlike other carbohydrates, this sweetener does not signal the brain to turn down the appetite after it has been consumed. Therefore, people remain hungry and eat more and more.

TRANS FAT, DANGEROUS VEGETABLE OIL

Probably the most dangerous food additive that is making people fat is partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, or trans fats. Medical experts have found that trans fats can lead obesity as well as heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease and depression.  Hydrogenated vegetable oil was first used in margarine and shortening, but is now found in over half of the food in super markets and restaurants. Trans fats are now in fries, pies, pizzas, cereals, biscuits, muffins, bread, cooking oil, soups and many other foods. 

In mid-nineteenth century Europe, there was a shortage of fats from animal sources. The working class could not afford beef, chicken or pork.  The poor had little more than bread, soup and potatoes to eat.  A worker’s family might eat beef five times a year.  The French government was afraid of food riots and another revolution so they encouraged scientists to try to develop a cheap artificial fat that could be used in place of butter or lard.  Margarine was first developed in 1869 but it was not until the 1950’s that margarine from hydrogenated vegetable oil became popular.

PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FAT

To understand why hydrogenated oil is dangerous, you only need to see how it is made.  First a metal catalyst, usually nickel, is added to the oil.  Then hydrogen gas is added under very high pressure. This “cooking” changes the molecular configuration of once harmless vegetable oil into a thick plastic substance. Our body’s cells cannot distinguish between natural fat and the artificial fat of hydrogenated oil or transfats. Once the artificial fat is in place, the cell cannot reject it and cell behavior changes. One of the most visible harmful effects of transfats is the so-called syndrome X characterized by obesity especially around the belly, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease
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EXERCISE AND SENSITIZE TO EXPEL FAT AND CHEMICALS

Hypnotic goal setting is used to get clients to want to exercise.  Dynamic exercises like the breathing squat and pull over super set are designed not only to speed up metabolism better than aerobics, but also to help the body rapidly expel chemical food additives. Hypnosis can also sensitize people to be aware of the signs of toxic chemicals in their body so they can start the process of eliminating them.

HOW WILL YOUR CLIENTS LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU CANNOT TELL THEM WHICH FOODS ARE FULL OF CHEMICALS DESIGNED TO ADD BODY WEIGHT?

How many of these food additives does the average person consume?  What if someone ate nothing but fast food that was full of high fructose corn syrup and trans fats and exitotoxins?  How fast would they gain weight?  How long would it be before their health began to suffer?

Actually, just such an experiment took place and was filmed for a documentary. A healthy young man ate three meals a day at fast food restaurants for one month. Essentially, it was a diet of cheeseburgers, fries and sodas.  He had a detailed medical check-up before the experiment began, and after it ended. The doctors doing the tests could hardly believe what happened to him in just thirty days.  He gained twenty-five pounds, almost a pound a day. His cholesterol went up to a problem level. His body fat increased almost 10%. This is a huge jump in just one month.  Most dangerous was the accumulation of fat in his liver.  He suffered from mood swings, depression, had no energy and lost his sex drive. He became addicted to the chemicals, sugar and fat in the junk food. If he did not eat on time, he got a headache and felt depressed. Even the doctors agreed that if he had continued eating this fast food diet he would soon develop heart disease, liver disease and significantly shortened his life. After seeing the documentary one reviewer said; “ ‘You just can’t just eat one chip (crisp),’ isn’t just good marketing – they really put stuff in the food, even our meat to make it more addictive”.

Understanding how to treat the new obesity with our medical hypnosis protocol will make you more qualified than most doctors to prevent the major diseases of the twenty-first century; heart disease, diabetes, cancer and arthritis. People have been lied to by the diet food industry and abused by the junk food promoters. They have every right to be angry. With hypnosis, we can arouse and channel a constructive sense of indignation. Emotions are a very powerful determinate of behavioral change.  When your clients are mad enough to insist that their local restaurants and shops provide organic options, it is a sure sign hypnosis has fixed their weight problem for good.  Your clients becoming vocal advocates of organic foods will bring to you hundreds of referrals.
Students in the medical hypnosis class will receive special training in marketing this new obesity and weight loss system that counts chemicals and not calories.

WHEN ADVERTISING BECOMES BRAIN WASHING

Why do people eat junk food? There are many reasons, but one of the main ones is that they have been subjected to one of the most unrelenting brainwashing campaigns in history. Advertising executives working for fast food companies have studied the brainwashing techniques of the Nazis and Communists and used similar tactics to sell junk food. Millions of pounds are spent on such advertising campaigns every week.  In America, the brainwashing is total.  The public is surrounded with the message everywhere, TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and billboards. You cannot escape from it. The ability to continuously bombard people with sales (i.e. propaganda) messages is something Hitler and Lenin would have envied.  In the UK, things are not as bad yet, but every year there is an increase in the advertising for junk food.

MANIPULATING THE MINDS OF CHILDREN

One of the most shameful and reprehensible acts of fast food companies is their deliberate targeting of children for their advertising. 
The American fast food companies learned from their marketing friends in the tobacco industry about a super secret study some tobacco companies did on the importance of “brand imprinting.”  Tobacco companies gave toy cigarettes to four and five year old children to play with.  By pretending to smoke, these children were imprinting their memories for later in life. Some tobacco companies also placed advertisements with cartoon-like characters smoking. They denied these advertisements were secretly aimed at children.  However, when children who were exposed to tobacco advertising became teenagers, a far higher percentage of them became smokers than those not subject to this propaganda.

With similar intentions, some fast food companies have set up playgrounds at their restaurants to attract children. There are also restaurants that give away toys with the food.  The idea is to create a pleasant feeling in the child’s mind that when they get older, will be associated with the company’s fast food.  However, the results of such marketing are seen long before the children grow up.  There has been a fifty-four percent increase in childhood obesity in the last 20 years.  The current generation of American teenagers is not only the fattest ever, but also the first to be plagued with an epidemic of type two diabetes, what used to be called adult onset diabetes, but is now seen in teenagers.

HYPNOSIS CAN REPROGRAM THE VICTIMS OF JUNK FOOD BRAINWASHING

New hypnotic techniques are needed to break through the food industry brainwashing if your clients are to lose weight and keep it off. People under forty have been exposed to continual junk food advertising, i.e., brainwashing, all their lives. How can a few hours of hypnosis sweep years of conditioning out of the subconscious?  After writing two books on Hitler, I have a unique understanding of propaganda and brainwashing.  By knowing how Hitler implanted false information in the mind, I have been able to devise a system of hypnotherapy that can free people from such brainwashing.  Students will learn seven special suggestions that activate natural defenses in the subconscious to overcome years of indoctrination of junk food advertising.


FOOD ADDITIVES AFFECT THE MIND

As mentioned earlier, the chemicals in food can have a profound effect on our mental health, causing everything from serious depression to mood swings.  Generally there are two ways chemicals added to food effect our brains.  First, there is the immediate effect, just before or after we eat the food. Here, we are dealing primarily with the addictive aspects of food additives.  If we do not get our chemical fix on time, we become depressed, anxious or get a headache.  On the other hand, some substances like excess sugar or high fructose corn syrup give us an immediate rush as it affects our blood sugar levels and then, later, a crash as it wears off. This high and low is not just limited to our physical energy levels but can affect our moods as well.

Second, is the long-term effect of the chemicals we consume. They are not easily eliminated from the body and are retained in the fatty tissue, including the brain. Pesticides, exitotoxins, growth hormones, artificial sweeteners and trans fats build up in the brain and play an important role in the increasing levels of  stress, depression and other psychological problems we see today.

Clients need to know that there is an abundance of scientific evidence that food additives are harmful. They should also be told about the damage each major food chemical dose.  We have scientific studies to back up everything I have said.  Students will be given references on all the studies. These references also need to be available to their clients, doctors, or the press.

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