A new study by scientists from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany has been published. magazine Appetite has shown the effectiveness of visualization in reducing junk food cravings.
Visualization is part of behavioral therapy. He recommends that people first imagine an undesirable event, then how they deal with it. According to psychologists, this method helps to change eating habits and reduce cravings for high-calorie foods.
More than 1000 volunteers participated in the study. Participants were shown identical photos of various high-fat, high-calorie foods. They were split into several groups, some of which adhered to any behavioral therapy tactic, and one without. Volunteers had to rate their level of craving for what is shown in the photograph.
As the experiment showed: those who dreamed of high-calorie foods and then how they got rid of them reported reduced cravings for fatty foods. According to the authors, this method can help many people cope with obesity and improve their eating habits.