The Mayo Clinic has a good
explanation
of the usual types of Biofeedback. Behind these methods is the
fact that the human body is full of signal paths
Example: the sensor for temperature control is at the base of the brain.
The
sensor for blood sugar level is in the pancreas.
from sensors
to activating
The blood pressure activator is in the
kidneys and the one for blood sugar level is in the pancreas.
processes,
with results
The feedback loop for weight gain involves "hunger pangs",
which spur one to eat more.
looping back
to the sensors.
Our bodily
signal paths operate so well that we are usually
Subconscious stress is typically treated with BioFeedback.
External feedback can reveal it. See Mayo Clinic link.
unaware
of them until something exposes their bad
Specifically, stress-hormones come from the body's feedback.
A Biofeedback hook-up shows their effects to the patient.
side-effects
.
The purpose of Biofeedback is to add an artificial conscious return signal,
allowing us to address previously hidden problems.
That is what this app's red-green signals do.
Biofeedback can also fix a broken BMI-control loop.
Our appetite is in a
one-sided
control loop. We can
Historically, food was scarce, so
there was no need for a Stop-Signal until recently.
over-eat
unawares because the stop-eating signal is weak.
When over-eating, the signal path is
The stress of modern life has also led to "mindless eating".
Thus the missing Stop-Signal has new and different effects.
no longer
a closed loop and the stop-signal needs to be replaced.
Worse yet the information we do get is wrong - scale weights
That hides the balance
between the calories we eat and the calories we burn.
jump around
wildly day to day.
This program is able to extract the hidden trend
and
The sensor is a combination of an ordinary scale and
strong noise-filtering.
feed back
a one-year projection to you. Your job is to
The activator is will-power operating like
turning on a furnace.
Change one habit when needed to restore the
in-out calorie balance.
hold it on
your goal.
NB:Feedback loops
can be measured
;
giving the math for the projection.
