The NoGo App Retrains Your Brain to Make Better Food & Lifestyle Choices
Laura McQuarrie — May 20, 2015 — Lifestyle
References: itunes.apple & smh.au
Making a big change in a diet or lifestyle is a huge test of self-control, but NoGo is an app that's designed to make the transition to healthier eating and living a little easier.
Rather than taking the route of tracking the food items that you should be cutting down on or restricting altogether, NoGo has users go through a series of activities that will help to retrain their attitude. NoGo strengeths mental control by showing pictures of something unhealthy beside something healthy, such as a cigarette beside a bunch of cherries. Users are challenged to tap on the health images as quickly as possible, so that they will become more likely to make healthier choices in real life too.
With time, the app is designed to curb intense cravings for smoking, alcohol, junk food and caffeine.
Rather than taking the route of tracking the food items that you should be cutting down on or restricting altogether, NoGo has users go through a series of activities that will help to retrain their attitude. NoGo strengeths mental control by showing pictures of something unhealthy beside something healthy, such as a cigarette beside a bunch of cherries. Users are challenged to tap on the health images as quickly as possible, so that they will become more likely to make healthier choices in real life too.
With time, the app is designed to curb intense cravings for smoking, alcohol, junk food and caffeine.
Trend Themes
1. Mental Control Training - Apps and programs that focus on mental control training can help individuals make better lifestyle choices.
2. Alternative Diet Tracking - Alternative approaches to diet tracking, such as mental control training, can provide a more effective means of achieving a healthier lifestyle.
3. Health Gamification - Gamification of health through apps like NoGo can provide an engaging and effective means of improving mental control and training healthier lifestyle habits.
Industry Implications
1. Wellness - Wellness companies can incorporate mental control training and gamification techniques into their products and services to help clients make healthier choices and achieve their wellness goals.
2. Digital Health - Digital health companies can develop innovative mental control training apps and programs to help individuals improve their lifestyle and achieve better health outcomes.
3. Food and Beverage - Food and beverage companies can partner with mental control training app developers to create engaging and interactive campaigns that promote healthier eating and lifestyle habits.
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