Why hasn't anyone invented the "Meal In A Pill" yet?

[her209]

It wouldn't be susceptible to spoiling and easily distributible.

 

[neonerd]

willy wonka already has a prototype

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

You design it and I'll give you 40% of all net profits, I'll handle everything else

 

[BigToque]

I don't think it would ever work.

There have been tests that show that there is a very large psychological aspect to eating. In rats, even if the required food/nutrients was directly placed into the stomache, the rats still starved to death.

 

[shabby]

Better yet, why hasnt anyone made those pills where you pour water on them it turns into a real meal. Now where did i see that...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Stefan
I don't think it would ever work.

There have been tests that show that there is a very large psychological aspect to eating. In rats, even if the required food/nutrients was directly placed into the stomache, the rats still starved to death.

Well, you can put the hunger pain supressant into the pill as well.

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: her209
It wouldn't be susceptible to spoiling and easily distributible.

1. Eating food with your teeth is more enjoyable/physically satisfying than swallowing a pill. ( Star Trek Episode + Stefan's post).

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: russianpower

Originally posted by: her209
It wouldn't be susceptible to spoiling and easily distributible.

1. Eating food with your teeth is more enjoyable/physically satisfying than swallowing a pill. ( Star Trek Episode + Stefan's post).

But its all just a bunch of chemical signals.

 

[moshquerade]

astronaut food. it's been done.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: neonerd
willy wonka already has a prototype

:laugh:

Also it wouldn't taste as good.

 

[VirtualLarry]

It's called, "meal in a glass", and was invented thousands of years ago. :beer: :beer: :beer:

 

[JOJOBEAN]

U.S military has a halfass version its the MRE rations.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: neonerd
willy wonka already has a prototype

:beer:

Willy Wonka: Now I'll ask you again, did you eat anything in my factory.
Peter: (big blueberry) No
Willy Wonka: Are you sure because....
Peter: What are you calling me a liar?
Willy Wonka: No, no, I was just..
Peter: Hey, SHUT UP WONKA!

 

[sharkeeper]

MRE with compression that's got DRM will be the wave of the future.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
astronaut food. it's been done.

They eat real food, not pills

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Stefan
I don't think it would ever work.

There have been tests that show that there is a very large psychological aspect to eating. In rats, even if the required food/nutrients was directly placed into the stomache, the rats still starved to death.

No sh!t????????

Link to study? That's very, very interesting........

So what about people that are fed through a tube?.....

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Stefan
I don't think it would ever work.

There have been tests that show that there is a very large psychological aspect to eating. In rats, even if the required food/nutrients was directly placed into the stomache, the rats still starved to death.

No sh!t????????

Link to study? That's very, very interesting........

So what about people that are fed through a tube?.....

I gotta call BS on the study. You're right, what about all the people with PEG's?

 

[Cristatus]

what we need in the foods is calories, not something like hunger depressants, because that would kill you anyways, because you might not be getting enough energy

 

[aircooled]

I figured there would be meal replacement pills by now too.

 

[Eli]

It'd have to be one honkin' pill to contain ~700 calories(3 a day?). I don't think we've come up with any substance that is quite THAT calorically dense...

 

[JOJOBEAN]

crank?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Eli
It'd have to be one honkin' pill to contain ~700 calories(3 a day?). I don't think we've come up with any substance that is quite THAT calorically dense...

There ya go. It's impossible.

How about a gallon of milk that will fit in a pint bottle? I think not.

 

[tfinch2]

Didn't you see the disaster that happened when Willy Wonka tried it? Sheesh.

 

[MrDudeMan]

the size of the food doesnt necessarily mean it is very high/low in calories. what about broccoli? case in point.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: aircooled
I figured there would be meal replacement pills by now too.

Congrates on Lifer status! :beer: