The topic of weight loss is the subject of count\u00adless discus\u00adsions \u2014 in the general media as well as among experts. Never is there a time when diffe\u00adrent diets are not compared with each other, and curr\u00adently the so-called \u201cweight loss injec\u00adtion\u201d (Ozempic\u00ae and Wegovy\u00ae) is causing a furore. But even here there are reports of side effects and long-term studies are still pending.<\/p>\n
It is hardly surpri\u00adsing that a tech\u00adnical rather than a phar\u00adma\u00adco\u00adlo\u00adgical approach is temp\u00adting. Espe\u00adci\u00adally when no such drastic inter\u00adven\u00adtion as stomach reduc\u00adtion or intestinal shor\u00adtening is necessary.<\/p>\n
Rese\u00adar\u00adchers at the Massa\u00adchu\u00adsetts Insti\u00adtute of Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy (MIT) and Harvard Univer\u00adsity have now deve\u00adloped a small vibra\u00adting device that is swal\u00adlowed, then adheres to the stomach lining, where it stimu\u00adlates the stomach wall for around half an hour and is finally excreted via the gastro\u00adin\u00adtestinal tract. The mecha\u00adn\u00ado\u00adre\u00adcep\u00adtors of the stomach conclude that the stomach is full as a result of the stimu\u00adla\u00adtion, and the body reacts accor\u00addingly with a change in eating beha\u00adviour. The rese\u00adar\u00adchers demons\u00adtrated this in animal expe\u00adri\u00adments on young pigs. There were no unde\u00adsi\u00adrable effects.<\/p>\n
Our conclu\u00adsion: All in all, an exci\u00adting idea, even if it is still a long way off\u2026<\/p>\n
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