Easy way to prevent diabetes?

[mattbell]

There are already implantable glucose monitors.  Why not create one that causes harmless pain if blood glucose rises beyond a certain level, with the amount of pain increasing commensurate with the level?  People modify their behaviors quickly to avoid pain if there's a clear and rapid connection between the pain and a pain-causing stimulus.

Devices that intentionally cause pain might be difficult to get FDA-approved, but it seems like techniques like gastric bypass essentially accomplish the same thing, with far more side effects an irreversible changes. 

I feel like I have a natural version of this glucose-pain connection; when I eat many kinds of junk food, I start to feel sick within minutes.  It's trained me to not eat junk food, even if it once tasted good at the time of eating.

Comments

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Presumably people can cover most of your fat intake with the "good" fats that lower bad cholesterol and are less likely to lead to arteriosclerosis? I know you need to do different things to avoid heart disease vs avoid diabetes, but it doesn't seem super hard to do both.