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Vibrating pill may give dieters a feeling of fullness, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
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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.

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[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They've been doing it with cameras for some time now. Although I have not researched for any instance of injury.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You mean a fully independent, swallowable camera?

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wanna put it in my butt

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

That's the wrong way, butt don't worry, it'll get there eventually

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

You do you

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting, I’ll have to look that one up.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.