Ignoramus13955 wrote:
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http://www.nynewsday.com/news/health/ny-hsmouse0824,0,7562101,print.story?coll=ny-health-headlines
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:: The subject of this post is an embellishment, but the results so far
:: are very interesting.
::
:: Should we be looking to being fit, lean, and strong couch potatoes?
:: Would you take a drug that would make you lean, strong and boost your
:: endurance? I would, if there was no side effects.
::
:: ``The animals given the drug experienced the same muscle and
:: metabolic benefits of the genetically-bred mice, including
:: protection against weight gain.''
::
I doubt this drug would make exercise obsolete:
::" Researchers found a correlation between how much the animals had run
:: and the activity in certain parts of the brain. And brain regions
:: involved with motivation and movement registered more activity in the
:: animals that didn't get to run on the seventh day, suggesting that
:: the motivational circuits were craving the next opportunity, Rhodes
:: said. "
"Exercise is naturally rewarding."