Remember those old vibrating exercise belts that didn't work?
Well, scientists have shown there was maybe more to those old contraptions than was ever really understood.
Studies have shown that the low intensity vibration improved immunity and bone health. Obese people are prone to immune issues like diabetes and bone issues like an increased rate of fracture. So even though the vibrating belts didn't help anyone lose weight, they might have helped overweight people be more healthy.
However, new science shows that even weight loss might be achievable through vibrating the belly.
It's just got to be on the inside instead of the outside.
To that end, scientists have developed a vibrating pill that triggers the stomach‘s full sensors. The pill is coated with a digestible coating that completes a circuit and a tiny motor vibrates for 30 minutes when it dissolves.
When pigs were fed the pill 20 minutes before eating, the animals ate 40% less than pigs without the device.
"The behavioral change is profound, and that's using the endogenous system rather than any exogenous therapeutic," said Giovanni Traverso, senior author of the study. "We have the potential to overcome some of the challenges and costs associated with delivery of biologic drugs by modulating the enteric nervous system."
The researchers claim the pill passed through the digestive track within four to five days with no issues, but they're imagining a new version that would stay in the stomach longer and be turned on and off wirelessly.
Probably with an app.
Nothing can go wrong there...
Of course, there's always the alternative:
Diet and Exercise!
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