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.

Chozo,
Chozo avatar

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.

match,
@match@pawb.social avatar

if I swallowed a vibrator I will probably eat 40% less and not because of feelings of fullness

IndiBrony,
@IndiBrony@lemmy.world avatar

depends which end swallows it, really

DaCrazyJamez,

Or how far along the digestive tract it is

Neato,
Neato avatar

Add some wax to the capsule until it gets to the right spot before turning on...

Mr_Blott,

So we’re into shitting lithium batteries into the sewage system now are we?

Mango,

Can I get this for recreational purposes?

Thcdenton,

I’ll stick to swallowing live tadpoles thx

miss_brainfart,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

So, eating slow carbs plus high quality protein is not good enough anymore?

13esq,

Imagine just having the will power to eat less!

miss_brainfart, (edited )
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

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.

jackhp95,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7721d833-a523-48a7-a14f-a3eb19b23b30.webm

DontMakeMoreBabies,

Counting calories is hard enough that folks are going to probably decide to swallow a vibrating pill...

Neat.

KazuyaDarklight,
@KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world avatar

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.

CookieOfFortune,

So… after it comes out… can you reuse it? Like have a set of three or four that you rotate through???

sbv,

plz no

f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4,

Good news, I brought my poop knife home from Reddit, just for a special occasion such as this.

cryptosporidium140,

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    Neato,
    Neato avatar

    I'm betting it's causing nausea.

    ChexMax,

    That’s one of the ways ozempic works. For some people, they’re just nauseous all the time so they end up eating less

    TonyTonyChopper,
    @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz avatar

    probably feels like parasites are crawling around in there

    mateomaui,

    The vibrations, which are powered by a battery encased in the swallowed capsule, can be triggered when stomach acid dissolves a membrane around the pill, or by a timer.

    Seems totally safe, certainly nothing can go wrong here.

    n3m37h,

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

    mateomaui,

    You mean a fully independent, swallowable camera?

    n3m37h, (edited )

    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,

    I wanna put it in my butt

    BigDanishGuy,

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

    n3m37h,

    You do you

    mateomaui,

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

    otter,

    Maybe this

    www.mayoclinic.org/…/pac-20393366

    mateomaui, (edited )

    Thank you, and here’s more reading with some history of it

    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.

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