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Exercise is now available in pill form
By Virginia SmithJanuary 12th, 2012, 7:30 pmComments (10)
Hot on the heels of the revelation that weed isn't bad for your lungs, even better news for the lazy: you can now take in all the benefits of exercise in pill form. What could possibly go wrong?
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have isolated the hormone irisin, which increases in the body when you exercise and helps the body burn calories while increasing the production of healthy "brown" fats. In pill form, they believe irisin could be a groundbreaking treatment for obesity, diabetes, and a host of other diseases.
"The worldwide, explosive increase in obesity and diabetes renders attractive the therapeutic potential of irisin in these and related disorders," explained Professor Bruce Spiegelman, who led the study. "Another potentially important aspect of this work relates to other beneficial effects of exercise, especially in some diseases for which no effective treatments exist. The clinical data linking exercise with health benefits in many other diseases suggests that irisin could also have significant effects in these disorders."
Obviously, I assume "diseases for which no effective treatments exist" include "holiday weight" and "beer gut," but the so-called medical experts love to ruin everything for everyone, and thus warn that irisin doesn't do anything to strengthen muscles, and exercise is "still important." Spiegelman said, "We're not trying to replace diet and exercise."
Well, they may not be, but I am. Someone get me these pills, stat!
Commentarium (10 Comments)
Science fiction ending... what if everybody was on these, and now everybody was thin... what would be the new standard for beauty? Could it go back to intelligence?
I like you, Jeff. You seem smart.
I'm no doctor, but I do read my fair share of biology texts, increasing the rate of caloric metabolization without actually strengthening muscles seems like something that might have... side effects. For one without having been strengthened I doubt an out of shape persons lungs could keep up with the bodies demands for oxygen. This in turn could lead to buildup in lactic acid, I was first of impression that lactic acid could exasperate atrophy in someone not excercising reguarly. But I can't cite any literature to support that notion. Still I somehow expect unprovoked lactic acid build could be bad. Also shortness of breath, I assume is a possibility given increased demand for oxygen and a respiratory system too weak to meet it.
Isn't healthy, brown fat.... gravy?
brown fat is what babies/infants have before it turns to white/regular fat as adults. its brown because of its increase in mitochondria which creates energy for your body.
Even if you are skinny you still look gross if you have no muscle.
This has already existed for decades. It's called Amphetamines.
Now I'm hungry.
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