New Drug Said to Trick Body Into Burning Fat Regardless of Diet
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
New Drug Said to Trick Body Into Burning Fat Regardless of D
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French researchers said they have discovered a drug that “tricks the body into burning off fat,” regardless of the body’s diet, BBC News reported.
A team at the University of Louis Pasteur successfully tested the drug, called SRT1720, on mice, according to a report in this month’s journal Cell Metabolism.
The drug is a chemical cousin of resveratrol, the red wine extract that combats aging and promotes heart health.
According to the journal’s article, the drug works by shifting the metabolism to a fat-burning mode that normally takes over only when energy levels are low.
Scientists found that a low dose of the drug protected mice on a high-fat diet from gaining weight over the course of 10 weeks.
When they gave the mice higher doses, mice did not gain any weight whatsoever.
Scientists said the mice did not show any adverse reactions to the drugs, but further studies will need to be done before the drug can be tested on humans.
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Char Kway Tiao... here I come....
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So if you do not need to worry about getting fat, what, will you eat?
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what i normally eat loh
in the first place, i don't worry about getting fat
dont see the point in 'living healthy' just to extend your life by a certain number of years.
food to me is one of the most important things in my life. if i can live happily (and by that, it means, get what i want to eat. which also means, im not happy now.) i'll die happily at the age of 50. or 40. even if it's a heart attack that kills me.
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
what i normally eat loh
in the first place, i don't worry about getting fat
dont see the point in 'living healthy' just to extend your life by a certain number of years.
food to me is one of the most important things in my life. if i can live happily (and by that, it means, get what i want to eat. which also means, im not happy now.) i'll die happily at the age of 50. or 40. even if it's a heart attack that kills me.
not a kiasu, kiasi Singaporean, I see...
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Originally posted by udontknowme:
what i normally eat loh
in the first place, i don't worry about getting fat
dont see the point in 'living healthy' just to extend your life by a certain number of years.
food to me is one of the most important things in my life. if i can live happily (and by that, it means, get what i want to eat. which also means, im not happy now.) i'll die happily at the age of 50. or 40. even if it's a heart attack that kills me.
actually die is not so scary. it's don't die but suffering or losing normal functions of the body........
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Originally posted by hisoka:
actually die is not so scary. it's don't die but suffering or losing normal functions of the body........
hahaha... can die but cannot fall sick....
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i neber worried about getting fat
i just eat
i no need to die pretty, i need to die after i tasted all the good, great food -
wah serious boh? any side effects?
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Originally posted by dinky1409:
wah serious boh? any side effects?
its a drug that switches your metabolism, what do you think?
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... even so, do not have any craving for anything... always had an headache thinking what to eat.
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This would be so helpful to the ladies... Personally, I have never been fat all my life, even after a 2 months diet of strictly Macdonalds. But still, gotta cut down, those are cancerous foods even if it doesn't make me fat.
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i'm trying to gain body weight here
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Pls vote me to be their first test on humans.