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.
(Score: 3, Funny) by justinb_76 on Tuesday May 09 2017, @11:39AM (1 child)
I used this stuff years ago, worked great! Except I don't remember it being in a pill form, as I recall it was usually in a white powdery variety (occasionally iridescent sorta like fish scales?).
Must not have been FDA approved back then as it wasn't available over the counter either, you actually had to meet up with an urban pharmaceutical sales rep to purchase it. But yeah, good stuff :)
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Tuesday May 09 2017, @12:00PM
Are you still alive?