Taking medicine to achieve actual exercise effects may not be a dream in the future

Exercise brings many benefits to the body, but it is not easy to maintain the habit of exercise for a long time. In addition to having time, you also need persistent patience and uninterrupted willpower. "Cell Metabolism" recently published the latest publication from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. The research team found that by activating the body's genetic pathways through compounds, it is possible to help increase the athletic endurance of mice by as much as 70%.

In the study, the authors used mice as experimental animals and found that without exercise, the gene pathway triggered by compounds activating a nuclear receptor called PPARδ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta) has the opportunity to achieve the same benefits as exercise, including increased endurance and getting rid of annoying fat. The authors say that this research, which still needs to be tested on humans, may have the potential to help obese people control their weight and type 2 diabetes in the future.

The study was published in Cell Metabolism, Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 1186-1193

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