Device for selectively reducing absorption of unhealthy food

摘要

This invention is a device and method for selectively and automatically reducing absorption of unhealthy food in a person's gastrointestinal tract, while allowing normal absorption of healthy food. In an example, such a device can comprise: a food-identifying sensor; an absorption-reducing substance; an implanted reservoir; and a release-control mechanism that selectively and automatically releases the substance into the person's gastrointestinal tract when the sensor detects that the person is consuming unhealthy food.