Mela is a service company that supplies chocolates with bacterial cocktails, specifically designed for digestive health. Their ‘Gutbot’ – an electronic pill – enters the body through the ingested sweet and can monitor its overall bacterial needs.
Maria Apud-Bell, the creator of ‘Gutbot’, said to Inside Food in 2019: “My purpose is not to diagnose people, but to monitor trends and show potential health outcomes. You normally don’t get sick from one day to the next, there’s a series of indicators that show that something is wrong with your body before something serious develops.”
The aim is for people to be able to adjust their gut microbiota, reduce the impact of stress, improve their sleep cycle, control sugar and liquid metabolism, improve their mood, and reduce symptoms of digestive problems thanks to the information provided.
“I think it is time for us to stop thinking about our food disconnected from medical/healthcare and create more delightful preventive tools that we will all want to eat, rather than something that we have to eat.” she added.
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