Just Sitting Back to Get in Shape: Two Pills Do teh Work of Exercise

(There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.) Just like the electronic devices which claim to stimulate constant muscle contractions, these pills seem to produce increased muscle metabolic activity, making the muscle "think" that it has been exercising. The animals in the study had increased endurance for exercise following treatment, that is, a longer exercise time to fatigue.

More than half of U.S. adults are overweight, nearly one-quarter are obese and about 10% are morbidly obese. Only effective treatment of morbid obesity is gastric bypass; there is no good treatment for obesity or overweight. Acadesine was shown to be effective in the mice, and if effective in the humans will have a market of over 25% of U.S. adults.