“Hypnosis is one of the top four mind-body therapies practiced by Americans today.” – Harvard Medical School
“Hypnosis is increasingly being used for helping people lose weight, stop smoking, or even perform better in athletics or academic tests.” – Wall Street Journal
“A study conducted at the University of Connecticut found people using hypnosis were able to lose, on average, about 2.5 times as much weight as those not using hypnosis.” – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
“We are now producing evidence showing [hypnosis] can be significantly therapeutic… Studies have shown it to be highly effective as a tool for certain kinds of habit control… Hypnosis is safer than virtually any medication any of us doctors use.” – David Spiegel, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine.
In 1998 JAMA reported that “Americans made more visits to alternative practitioners in 1997 than to primary care doctors and spent more than $21.2 Billion on alternative therapies.”
“The easiest way to break bad habits is through hypnosis” – Newsweek Magazine
“Hypnosis can be used very effectively for pain reduction. It can also be very useful in treating anxiety in people who are anxious. Hypnosis has been shown to be effective in helping people to stop smoking and in controlling overeating.” – David Spiegel, M.D. Associate Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Click here to get to the MAYO CLINIC’S site regarding hypnosis and complementary medicine:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypnosis/SA00084/si=2765
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