You may soon be able to digitally track what you put in your mouth.
Scientists at Tufts University have developed a Fitbit-like device that mounts to a tooth, according to a study in the journal Advanced Materials. It can monitor glucose, salt and alcohol intake.
“I think it’s interesting that you have a device that is very unobtrusive, that you can imagine sticking it [in] at some point during the day and washing it off at the end of the week,” Fiorenzo Omenetto, a co-researcher and professor of biomedical engineering at Tufts, tells The Post.
Researchers say that future devices may be able to detect a wider range of “nutrients, chemicals and physiological states.”
They foresee several possible applications for this new technology.
“If you are somebody with an eating disorder, it could be a checkpoint that monitors your diet a little more closely, or it could be an early detection for disease,” Omenetto says. “It’s a nice way to monitor these things because you have unusual access to these fluids.”