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.
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