Saturday, August 3, 2013

Doctor Assisted Dieting

Wow.  Just Wow.

Pain = Weight Loss: The Tongue Patch Diet
The tongue patch is a short-term weight-loss aid. The patch is sewn onto your tongue, then it makes eating unpleasant, allowing you to stick to a regime of weight-loss shakes. Then it is removed.

Asked if sewing a foreign object into somebody's mouth was healthy, Chugay said, "Well, it's not unhealthy."
Wanna Bet?
Invasive oral surgery is very likely dangerous for obese people.
I am guessing most of the effect is from a massive immune response-  there's nothing like a little mania to shed some pounds... but really, skipping tooth brushing works about as well and doesn't cost two thousand dollars.