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Why Not Losing Weight Isn't a Matter of Willpower

Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin
의료 감수 Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

If you eat little and exercise but still don't lose weight, it may not be willpower but a problem of metabolism.

Even eating the same amount, some bodies use energy well, and some bodies store it. This difference comes from the capacity for metabolic regulation.

  • Feeling unusually sleepy after meals
  • The belly protruding even after eating just a little
  • Fatigue that doesn't lift even after resting

If these signs are present together, weight is only the result, and the cause may lie in the flow of metabolism. I look at that flow first, before the number on the scale.

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Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin

Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

A graduate of the College of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University, with master's and doctoral degrees in pathology — the mechanisms of disease — from its graduate school. Later served as a research professor in the university's Herbology department, studying medicinal substances. Studying both disease and medicine from both sides is the foundation of this practice: explaining "why a given medicine works for a given illness" in the language of both pathology and pharmacology. Explains autonomic, chronic, and intractable conditions — and structural problems of the body — in the language of modern science, and proposes treatment matched to the cause. Has taught prescribing and clinical practice to Korean medicine doctors for over ten years, and is a co-author of "Korean Medicine, Explained by Korean Medicine Doctors," selected for the 2018 Sejong Books list (general category).

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