Good news for exercise haters... Scientists are close to producing a "super" pill
Scientists are close to achieving an unprecedented medical achievement, which is to put all the benefits of exercise in a “superhero” pill, instead of actually exercising it.
The new pills will combine the fat-burning hormone, which is released by the muscles during exercise, into a memory-enhancing protein made during physical activity, according to the British newspaper "Daily Mail" and the agency "Sputnik".
These pills are supposed to carry treatments for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and even vision loss, osteoporosis and dementia, according to the study published in the medical journal Nature.
And scientific research conducted by American scientists, published last month, showed that giving lazy mice an injection containing the blood of mice that did a lot of exercise made them mentally sharper and their memory especially strong.
The team, from Stanford University School of Medicine, identified a protein called clostrin, an anti-inflammatory compound that is released in higher amounts when exercising, as responsible for most of the benefits.
The levels of "closterin" were 20 percent higher in the blood of the mice that exercised.
Other scientific experiments have also shown that the compound "closterin" inhibits inflammation of the brain, which, over time, contributes to damaging the body's cells and organs, and may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Stanford University researchers hope to create a synthetic drug that reverses the effect of exercise, although the first human trials are likely at least 7 years away.
Stanford scientists decided to work on developing these pills, because many people left exercising, either because of laziness or lack of time.
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