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posted by martyb on Tuesday May 09 2017, @08:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-then-they-die? dept.

Researches have made another step along the path to an 'exercise pill'. The latest discovery is a compound which 'switches' muscles into metabolizing fats instead of sugars without the usual aerobic training. This helps delay "hitting the wall", significantly. In a mouse study sedentary mice increased the amount of time spent on endurance exercise from 160 minutes to 270, without additional aerobic training. It is hypothesized the drug 'encourages' muscles to use fats for energy even when sugars are available. This is thought to mimic one of the adaptions brought on by aerobic exercise training. The results were published in the journal of Cell Metabolism PPARĪ“ Promotes Running Endurance by Preserving Glucose. For those without an organic chemistry background, CBC Radio's science program has an interview accompanying article with the study author.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by looorg on Tuesday May 09 2017, @10:56AM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @10:56AM (#506825)

    Unlike other pills I don't want this to last longer, I want the exercise to be over quicker but with more and better result. Not being able to go for longer. 160-270 minutes, yeah I'm not going to be spending three hours in the gym much less four and a half. While it might be great in some sort of endurance perspective or for the pro-athletes it doesn't change how utterly dull going to the gym is for me.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:12PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:12PM (#506912)

    actually I find the fact that you start burning fat sooner to be great.
    it means that you take this pill, exercise for half an hour, and actually lose weight.
    (normally you would just get hungry).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @07:00PM (#507053)

      ketogenic diet