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Pill to make users 'feel full'

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:02:31 GMT

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Adding water to the pill makes it swell into a large jelly-like ball

Italian scientists have developed a pill that expands in the stomach to make dieters feel full

They liken the effect to eating a bowl of spaghetti and say the pill can stop hunger for a few hours

So far it has been tested on 20 people but experts warned bigger trials would be needed to test safety

Professor Luigi Ambrosio, lead researcher on the study at Italy's National Research Council, realised when they developed the hydrogel it may have a similar effect to gastric banding - a surgical procedure that reduces the size of the stomach

It is made from an organic compound called cellulose so can break down in the body and pass through the digestive system

"One of our researchers tried the pill - he took it at about 11am and was still full at six in the evening.

"It's like eating a bowl of spaghetti."

"We expect the results of the trial in October and they we will try to launch the product in May 2008."

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A Diet Pill That Expands So You Don't

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:43 GMT

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A Diet Pill That Expands So You Don't

06.08.07

MILAN -- Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety.

Jelly belly: from about the size of a spit wad the compound grows to a tennis ball so dieters sit down feeling full.

Tags: diet pill, obesity

Jelly in the Belly- diet pill

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:40:05 GMT

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MILAN -- Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety.

The pill, currently undergoing clinical trials at Rome's Policlinico Gemelli hospital, would be downed with two glasses of water at the first sign of a stomach rumble.

"The effect is like eating a nice plate of pasta," said Luigi Ambrosio, lead researcher on the project at the National Research Council's Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials in Naples. "If you sit down for a meal with a stomach that already feels full, you'll end up eating less."

The unnamed pill is made from a cellulose compound of hydrogel, a material that's powdery when dry but plumps up to a cousin of Jell-O when wet. The gel can soak up to 1,000 times its weight. A gram in capsule form quickly balloons from the size of a spit wad to a ball that holds nearly a liter of liquid.

Tags: health, obesity, pill, satiety, blob