VBLOC is a new implant that works by blocking a nerve that regulates digestion, contributing thus to the weight loss. The clinical experiments were successful, and now the doctors prepare another 300 persons lot to do the next stage of research.

There is no need for surgery when installing the device, as it can be planted by laparoscopic techniques. It consists of two electrodes that block the vagus nerve, a 4mm-wide pipe connected directly to your brain, and telling it if you are or not hungry.

The method can hold the patients to 500 calories per day, without them feeling they’re hungry. In Europeans tests, nine patients lost 30% of their bodyweight in nine months, so the technique is now prepared to enter the US. This major breakthrough could end the suffering of obese people, and allow them to eat as much as they want, and whatever they want. It remains to be seen if they’ll feel the need to do that, though.

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