Re: Obesity (was Extropic Priniciples)

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 13:16:04 MST

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    On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:07:52PM -0500, Dickey, Michael F wrote:
    >
    > Anyhow, a simple
    > device, an implant in the abdomen or so, that would process carbohydrates
    > into h20 and co2. Most of the bodies processes work on diffusion so the
    > mere fact that such an implanted device would create an excess of CO2 and a
    > deficit of carbohydrates would likely facilitate a successful integration of
    > such a device into the body with little beyond its self contained components
    > necessary.

    A quick calculation. Assume you eat 30 g of sugar (C6H12O6), the
    contents of one serving of fruit juice. That is 0.16 mol. Burning
    it into C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O produces one mol of carbon
    dioxide. That is 2.41 liters of gas. How fast do you want to get
    rid of it? I think the device might be a bit too embarrasing for
    macroscopic food intakes.

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