Will exercise soon be a thing of the past? Benefits could be put into PILL after discovery – Express
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More infoIf it isn’t something one does often, exercise can occasionally feel like a burden, a boring necessity of life. So what if there was a way to move it from a necessity filled with equipment and time to something popped in the mouth? What if a person could theoretically consume exercise? A new study from Stanford University has brought the world one step closer to that reality. Publishing their results in the journal Nature, researchers from the United States have discovered the molecule behind exercise’s link to hunger.Their original intentions were to find out why exercise makes someone hungry.During the course of their investigation, they discovered the molecule, known as Lac-Phe, is produced during exercise.It is this molecule that contributes to reducing obesity and food intake. READ MORE: Man told ‘it’s all good’ by doctors had ‘incurable’ cancer missed Speaking about their research Professor Young Xu said: “If we can understand the mechanism by which exercise triggers these benefits, then we are…