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.

  • @[email protected]
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    4311 months ago

    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.

  • Match!!
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    3011 months ago

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

    • IndiBrony
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      1211 months ago

      depends which end swallows it, really

      • @ChexMax
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        111 months ago

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

  • @CookieOfFortune
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    1011 months ago

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

  • Chozo
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    1011 months ago

    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.

  • THCDenton
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    311 months ago

    I’ll stick to swallowing live tadpoles thx

    • XIIIesq
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      511 months ago

      Imagine just having the will power to eat less!

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        11 months ago

        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.

  • @Mr_Blott
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    211 months ago

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

  • @Mango
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    211 months ago

    Can I get this for recreational purposes?

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

    Neat.

    • @KazuyaDarklight
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      1011 months ago

      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.