Zap your brain... and lose half a stone in just six weeks - according to new study that found binge-eaters had fewer episodes while undergoing electrical brain stimulation

Zap your brain...

and lose half a stone in just six weeks - according to new study that found binge-eaters had fewer episodes while undergoing electrical brain stimulation By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:07 BST, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 7 June 2024 e-mail View comments Binge-eating can be successfully treated through electrical brain stimulation at home, a study suggests. The study found that in people who received the treatment - alongside a training programme to reduce attention to food - binge episodes were reduced from an average of about 20 times a month to six times a month within a six-week timeframe. People in this group also reported that they lost up to 4kg (8.

8lbs) from the start of the study to the six-week follow-up. The gentle brain stimulation technique - called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) - targets patterns of behaviour that might be contributing to the loss of control around food, enabling people to shift entrenched thinking and behaviour around food. It uses specialist equipment including a headcap with electrodes attached.

Binge-eating can be successfully treated through electrical brain stimulation at home, a study suggests (stock photo) The brain stimulation was carried out alongside another method called attention bias modification training (ABMT), which involved computer sessions of up to 15 minutes. It trained participants to look towards low-calorie food cues and away from high-calorie food cues. Dr Michaela Flynn, res.