What if I told you: That there may one day be a pill that would make you want to exercise harder
Yes, if you're too lazy to get off the couch, and lack the motivation
to go out and exercise, here's how scientists are trying to help you
out.
A team of Swiss researchers found that when a hormone in the
brain, erythropoietin (EPO), was elevated in mice, they were more
motivated to exercise. They hav
e
published their study in the online FASEB Journal (Source 1). Endurance
cyclists have been known to inject this hormone as it produces
oxygen-carrying red blood cells. But the form of EPO used by the Swiss
scientists did not elevate blood cell counts, and it is thought that the
hormone influences the motivation to work and improves the general
mood.
For the study the Swiss scientists used 3 types of mice:
those that received no treatment of any kind, those that were injected
with human EPO, and those that were genetically modified to produce
human EPO in their own brains. And compared to the mice that did not get
any treatment to increase the level of EPO, both the other mouse croups
that had human EPO in their brains showed significantly higher running
performance without increases in red blood cells.
Although some
of us may still think that why not go one step ahead and have pills
that would exercise itself redundant, and we have our fingers crossed
for that too. Meanwhile, we'll have to make do with this one.
Source:
1) Published: http://www.fasebj.org/content/
2) http://www.sciencedaily.com/
3) http://www.mensfitness.com/
Image credit:
http://network.mcmaster.ca/
What if I told you: That there may one day be a pill that would make you want to exercise harder
Yes, if you're too lazy to get off the couch, and lack the motivation to go out and exercise, here's how scientists are trying to help you out.
A team of Swiss researchers found that when a hormone in the brain, erythropoietin (EPO), was elevated in mice, they were more motivated to exercise. They hav
Yes, if you're too lazy to get off the couch, and lack the motivation to go out and exercise, here's how scientists are trying to help you out.
A team of Swiss researchers found that when a hormone in the brain, erythropoietin (EPO), was elevated in mice, they were more motivated to exercise. They hav
e
published their study in the online FASEB Journal (Source 1). Endurance
cyclists have been known to inject this hormone as it produces
oxygen-carrying red blood cells. But the form of EPO used by the Swiss
scientists did not elevate blood cell counts, and it is thought that the
hormone influences the motivation to work and improves the general
mood.
For the study the Swiss scientists used 3 types of mice: those that received no treatment of any kind, those that were injected with human EPO, and those that were genetically modified to produce human EPO in their own brains. And compared to the mice that did not get any treatment to increase the level of EPO, both the other mouse croups that had human EPO in their brains showed significantly higher running performance without increases in red blood cells.
Although some of us may still think that why not go one step ahead and have pills that would exercise itself redundant, and we have our fingers crossed for that too. Meanwhile, we'll have to make do with this one.
Source:
1) Published: http://www.fasebj.org/content/
2) http://www.sciencedaily.com/
3) http://www.mensfitness.com/
Image credit:
http://network.mcmaster.ca/
For the study the Swiss scientists used 3 types of mice: those that received no treatment of any kind, those that were injected with human EPO, and those that were genetically modified to produce human EPO in their own brains. And compared to the mice that did not get any treatment to increase the level of EPO, both the other mouse croups that had human EPO in their brains showed significantly higher running performance without increases in red blood cells.
Although some of us may still think that why not go one step ahead and have pills that would exercise itself redundant, and we have our fingers crossed for that too. Meanwhile, we'll have to make do with this one.
Source:
1) Published: http://www.fasebj.org/content/
2) http://www.sciencedaily.com/
3) http://www.mensfitness.com/
Image credit:
http://network.mcmaster.ca/
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