Good news for Bloggers. There may be a pill that lets them watch their computer screen and get their exercise, too—without moving a muscle.

Scientists have found a drug that mimics the effects of a workout by, among other things, increasing the body’s ability to burn fat.

It tricks the muscles into believing they’ve been exercised. Says Ronald Evans, a developmental biologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, Calif., and co-author of a study published in Cell. “It proves you can have a pharmacologic equivalent to exercise.”

In addition to supercharging stamina, the drug, called AICAR, may also be useful in treating debilitating muscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy as well as metabolic diseases such as diabetes, because it also appears to help the body use and remove sugar from the blood more effectively.

The key to this transformation is a protein called PPARdelta, which Evan’s team previously showed could create so-called high-endurance marathon mice. another expirimental drug that targeted only PPARdelta had some metabolic benefits, including lowering fatty acids and blood sugar.

Warning athletes! Evans has developed urine and blood tests designed to detect the drug.

Read the full article here:
Scientific American

This is a wild ride for sure. I first heard about the possibility of a new exercise pill on July 31st. By the next day August 1st, the excitement was all over the news media. It was on TV, in newspapers, health newsletters, Diet and exercise Blogs, and many other places.

I decided real quick to start a Blog to keep track of all of the discussions about these new drugs that I think people would want to know about.

Think about it, other than discovering the Fountain of Youth, what is the single most desired pill that could be invented? You probably guessed right. If it is at all possible to take a pill that would trick your body into thinking that it has been through a strenuous work out, without even having to do any physical exercise, well that would just be Nirvana.

Myself, I enjoy working out, as do many other millions of people. It gives me a chance to concentrate on me, my life and things I plan on doing. I do not have to worry about the daily pressures that we all have when I am exercising. I have a strong feeling that a lot of you are the same way.

Then let’s look at this another way. What if you had a physical impairment or a medical situation that would not allow you to work out? Well this could be one of the greatest medical break-throughs ever. There has been some serious discussion and analysis as to how these new drugs, AICAR and GW1516 might prove beneficial in cases of diabetes.

What if a person was obese and was not able to exercise? Wouldn’t it be great if they could achieve weight loss down to a point that their body would allow physical exercise? Think of the benefits to everyone!

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The Journal Cell Press reports on the benefits of new exercise drugs.

AICAR might be sufficient to overcome the exercise requirement.

These new pills taken orally may even increase endurance without exercise.

Read this report on the New Exercise Pill.

Another clinical report on the Drug Discovery Opinion website explains that

Exercise Pills have the potential to treat diseases such as diabetes, where exercise has been shown to be beneficial and to offer protection against obesity.

These drugs also have the more controversial potential to increase endurance in athletes.

This report on Fitness Without Effort shows technical specifics on the New Exercsie Pill.

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The New York Times in a recent in-depth article reported quite a lot of good information regarding AICAR and GW1516, the new exercise pill drugs.

One point that was made is that the Olympic Drug Testing Committee would have a hard time locating these type of drugs in the athlete’s system, even though researchers at the Salk Institute claim that such a blood and urine test is available.

A quote from the NY Times: We all know the body can be improved. We all know Olympic athletes have the highest-functioning bodies in the world. They can call themselves natural, just as they used to call themselves amateurs, but at some point that claim may seem the most unnatural thing of all.

If you want to read this lengthy article you should check it out soon, as the NY Times does not leave their on-line public news articles up for too many days.

Here is the link to the New York Times Exercise Pill Story

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When combined with exercise, the Exercise Pill increases ability 44 per cent.

Professor Ronald Evans, of the Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, said: “This is a drug that is like pharmacological exercise. We were blown away.” One drug, AICAR, has already been dubbed the “couch potato’s dream.”

AICAR increased running time by 44 per cent. This drug works by short-circuiting the signals normally triggered by exercise that tell cells to burn fat, lower blood sugar and suppress inflammation, thus releasing more energy.

The aim of the Salk research is to improve the efficiency of exercise and help those who, through frailty or ill-health, do not get enough. Professor Evans said: “If you don’t like exercise, you love the idea of getting the benefits from a pill [with AICAR]. If you do like exercise, you like the idea of getting more bang for your buck [with GW1516].”

Professor Evans said. “Drugs that improve health are not only going to be used by people who have medical problems. They may also be used by people who are healthy or by athletes who want an edge.”

The British Olympic Association said the association’s chief medical officer in Beijing, Dr. Ian McCurdie, was aware of the drugs.

Source: Wikipedia: GW 501,516 (footnote 8, “Warning to Beijjing Olympics over pills that mimic exercise.”)

NewExercisePill.com previous post about the Salk Institute Study.

Note: six hours after I wrote this post, another very detailed article came out in a Cape Town South Africa newspaper warning about the possible use of these drugs in the Beijjing Olympics.

Penny
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