Walk Off that Chocolate Craving.
November 18, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Addiction, Diets and Dieting, Exercise, Fitness, Food and Drink
Chocolate cravings are hard to resist, especially during the holiday season when chocolate seems to be everywhere, just tempting you to take a bit.
Not to worry. A new study has the answer. Just walk away and keep on walking – fast. They took a group of ‘known’ chocoholics (who usually ate at least two 50 gram bars of chocolate a day) and deprived them of chocolate for three days in an effort to induce the chocolate cravings. The participants were also not allowed to drink coffee or exercise in the two hours prior to the test period.
On test day, one …read more
Virtual Therapy for Alcoholics.
June 2, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Addiction, Extreme, Health, How To, Mental Health, Misc., Technology, Video
glumbert – Become A Virtual Alcoholic
A common theme of addiction recovery counseling is the idea that you should avoid situations that trigger cravings. But that’s not always so easy. So therapists have often use role-playing techniques to help people discover the their best method of avoidance.
Now Patrick Bordnick, a University of Houston researcher, has taken this one step further and has been creating virtual reality scenarios designed to prepare alcoholics for situations that could trigger drinking.
He enlisted 40 alcohol dependent participants to test the effectiveness of this virtual world therapy. Putting on virtual reality headsets, the …read more
