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.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:31PM
I've often noticed I'm hungry immediately after taking a dump. If only there were some way of simulating the effect of carrying around a huge load of shit. Could it be used for hunger suppression.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:37PM
Then get a job with Fox News ;-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:09PM
That is because your body has gotten accustomed to the "full" feeling. When I overeat I get the opposite, I'm too full and the thought of food makes me slightly nauseous. Yet I still managed to put on an extra bit of weight...
There is no easy solution for that feeling except discipline. Try to not have more food than needed in your system for at least 2-3 weeks and I bet that hungry feeling will diminish. Ok ok, drugs would probably do the trick to, but I don't recommend you become a pack a day smoker.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @11:46PM
no easy solution for that feeling except discipline
Moralizing scumbag, you're missing the point, as is typical of morons like you.
If a full rectum suppresses hunger, how about stimulating the rectum to suppress hunger. Shove a balloon up your ass to stretch your rectum, then you won't be motivated to eat.
You personally should try it, and make sure you over inflate and die, please.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @06:30AM
Simple solution to this one....
Just don't give a shit. Literally.
I can guarantee you that in a few hours, eating will be the last thing on your mind.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday November 17 2016, @06:04AM
Drinking a lot of water or unsweetened tea helps too I find. Water passes through you quickly, though, and if you have waaaaay too much it will cause hypo{kalaemia,natraemia,calcaemia,magnesaemia} so be careful.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...