Vibrating pill may give dieters a feeling of fullness, study suggests
Research carried out on pigs showed they ate almost 40% less food after ingesting the capsule
Dieters everywhere know that, no matter how inventive a chef you may be, nothing leaves you buzzing like sugary or fatty food.
Now science might have the answer: a vibrating pill, swallowed before eating, that creates feelings of fullness.
The research, which has yet to be carried out in humans, shows that after 30 minutes of activity by the Vibes pill, pigs ate on average almost 40% less food in the following half hour than they did without the device, and gained weight more slowly.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/22/vibrating-pill-may-give-dieters-a-feeling-of-fullness-study-suggestsOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
Seems totally safe, certainly nothing can go wrong here.
They've been doing it with cameras for some time now. Although I have not researched for any instance of injury.
You mean a fully independent, swallowable camera?
Yeah, saw it on TLC in the late 90's early 2000 on life in the ER. Super low res but also had a light
Interesting, I’ll have to look that one up.
I wanna put it in my butt
That's the wrong way, butt don't worry, it'll get there eventually
You do you
Maybe this
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366
Thank you, and here’s more reading with some history of it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_endoscopy
Fascinating stuff, especially that it’s been around for so long. This new proposal seems less problematic now.
Looks like the main risk is not being able to pass it through and needing surgical removal, with one being retained for 4-5 years.
if I swallowed a vibrator I will probably eat 40% less and not because of feelings of fullness
depends which end swallows it, really
Add some wax to the capsule until it gets to the right spot before turning on...
Or how far along the digestive tract it is
I'm betting it's causing nausea.
That's one of the ways ozempic works. For some people, they're just nauseous all the time so they end up eating less
probably feels like parasites are crawling around in there
So… after it comes out… can you reuse it? Like have a set of three or four that you rotate through???
plz no
Good news, I brought my poop knife home from Reddit, just for a special occasion such as this.
As if throwing away batteries from single-use vapes wasn't bad enough, now we'll be literally shitting away single-use batteries directly into our sewage systems.
I'll stick to swallowing live tadpoles thx
So, eating slow carbs plus high quality protein is not good enough anymore?
Imagine just having the will power to eat less!
Just so I'm clear, I don't mean to discount or invalidate genuine struggles.
It's just that I'm seeing lots of news about medication which helps symptoms, but not their underlying cause.
There's actually a really good video by Jeff Nippard, in which he dicusses the problematic view some people have, about obesity being a choice.
So we're into shitting lithium batteries into the sewage system now are we?
Can I get this for recreational purposes?
Counting calories is hard enough that folks are going to probably decide to swallow a vibrating pill...
Neat.
It's not wildly better, but in a certain fairness, many of these people have less of an issue with calorie counting but rather have trouble with the raw discomfort of feeling hungry consistently.