Personal Trainer in a pill

I just finished reading the most amazing article from the online journal Cell. Scientists at our very own Salk Institute here in sunny San Diego have found chemical compounds when taken orally, increase the endurance in mice including the lazy ones who don’t even train! As most of us die hard fitness enthusiasts know, aerobic exercise is the only way to build up endurance and burn fat more effectively.

Carl Evans a researcher at Salk isolated the protein gene PPARS for endurance, and genetically engineered mice with this extra gene protein. The end result was the creation of endurance mice which had double the endurance of ordinary mice, but the result was contingent on if the mice had been trained.

Given that exercise was needed to jump start the PPARS drug, researchers now looked into what would happen if the tricked the body into thinking it was exercise. Another gene protein was given to the mice which put the body into the same biochemical state if exhibits when exercising. Lazy couch potato like mice got and instant surge of endurance by up to 44%– without even exercising! This shocked researchers. After 4 weeks on this therapy, the same mice behaved as though they had workout out every day. I wonder if they lost weight?

Evans, concluded that the body’s pathway can be manipulated– or exploited, Other world wide researchers following Evan’s work, have been shocked by the study results and have been quoted “Its a bit scary”

Researchers and myself are excited about the possibilities these drug will present for people with sedentary disease such as obesity or diabetes. Conversely they are worried that a lot of athletes will think they can use this drug to enhance athletic performance.

Although these drugs are revolutionary, they will not boost your desire to workout, says researchers who also add, “Even if you have so much capacity, if its not being used, what does it matter”

Well, despite advances in medical technology, it looks like personal training will always prevail, and best case scenario my clients can make it through their workouts without tanking or getting nauseated.

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