Essential Oils for Weight Loss and Appetite

Weight loss is a struggle for anyone, no matter how much you weigh, how much you 
need to lose, or how many times you have attempted it. There are a lot of obstacles that 
might get in the way, from your own appetite to outside influences and emotional eating 
tendencies. Luckily, there is some help in the form of essential oils. Keep reading to find 
out how you can use your essential oils to curb your appetite and help you lose weight.

Grapefruit

Grapefruit is in the citrus aroma family, and is amazing if you are trying to lose weight. 
With this essential oil, it aids in your weight loss efforts by helping to boost your 
metabolism and give you a little more energy naturally. You can do this by adding 
grapefruit to your body lotion or diluting it with some jojoba oil and applying to your skin 
each morning. You can also just use grapefruit essential oil in a diffuser each day to 
help with your focus and energy levels. This encourages more physical activity, which is 
going to help you lose weight.

Ginger

You might be familiar with using the actual ginger root in tea and foods to help with your 
digestive health, but did you know you can get it in a pure essential oil as well? This not 
only improves your digestion and helps reduce inflammation in the body, but it can also 
help to curb some of those sugar cravings. Sugar cravings intensify when you are on a 
diet, since it typically reduces the amount of sugar and carbs you are eating each day, 
so having some ginger essential oil (or ginger tea) can really help.

Lemon

Lemon itself is often encouraged for people who are trying to eat right and have more 
energy in general. It can boost your metabolism, wake you up and help you feel 
motivated, and help your mental health as well as your physical health. This is why you 
get benefits from drinking lemon water or why lemon is allowed in juice detoxes. Lemon 
essential oil also has some exceptional benefits for weight loss, including helping to 
curb your appetite and help energize you throughout the day.

Cinnamon

Have you ever heard about using cinnamon for weight loss? It’s not just cinnamon 
essential oil, but the spice itself that works great. Some studies have been shown to 
help with fat burning when you have cinnamon in your diet, as well as helping to provide 
natural antioxidants that encourage lower cholesterol and blood pressure. It doesn’t hurt 
to use a little spice blend with cinnamon in it in your diffuser or add to your morning tea.
