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Zap to the Head Leads to Fat Loss

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-does-all-that-fat-GO? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

A nerve-zapping headset caused people to shed fat in a small preliminary study.

Six people who had received the stimulation lost on average about 8 percent of the fat on their trunks in four months, scientists reported November 12 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

The headset stimulated the vestibular nerve, which runs just behind the ears. That nerve sends signals to the hypothalamus, a brain structure thought to control the body's fat storage. By stimulating the nerve with an electrical current, the technique shifts the body away from storing fat toward burning it, scientists propose.

Six overweight and obese people received the treatment, consisting of up to four one-hour-long sessions of stimulation a week. Because it activates the vestibular system, the stimulation evoked the sensation of gently rocking on a boat or floating in a pool, said study coauthor Jason McKeown of the University of California, San Diego.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:27PM (#427808)

    Every troll is ethanol fuuuuueld.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:11PM (#427837)

    More like alcohol fueled!

    I've seen EF make reasonable well thought out points, so maybe one day the trolling bit will get old and we can have a productive member of the SN community.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:13PM (#427839)

      -1 learn basic science

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:35PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:35PM (#427853)

        Dude should be methanol fueled.