Digital fork aids weight loss by setting eating pace
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Slow down! Don't eat so fast!"
Like generations before me, I grew up hearing those words. Yet, despite the best of parental intentions, I continued to scarf down my chicken nuggets at a record pace. Until last week, that is, when the nagging reappeared in the form of a "smart" fork.
The $100 HAPIfork vibrates in your mouth when you eat too fast and wirelessly reports your good (or bad) habits to your smartphone. No, this isn't a "Saturday Night Live" parody of a late-night infomercial product. Its maker, Hapilabs, claims the fork will help you eat slower, which in turn will help you curb overeating and lose weight.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And while the fork has it faults, using it for two weeks has challenged me to think more about what I take from my plate.