Exercise in a Pill-- (The Easy Way Out?)

Exercise in a Pill?

Throw away those workout DVDs, exercise books-- cancel your gym memberships and tell your friends and family that the 'exercise in a pill' is finally here (again). You wish!

With the new hype, people are unfortunately bound to buy into is this new exercise in a pill. In preliminary tests, the exercise pill makes mice run faster, burn fat, and build lean muscle. That's right, all the positive effects of exercise.

Maybe Not Really Exercise in a Pill

What about the other positive effect that naturally comes along with working out such as, fighting and preventing major diseases-- high cholesterol, high blood pressure, mental stress, osteoporosis? No research results have been published attesting to the exercise in a pill's ability to improve health.

"[Exercise] not only involves skeletal muscle fibers, but the main muscle we depend on, the heart," Dr. Linn Goldberg, head of the Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, says. 'He adds that believing that you've exercised by taking a pill is "like being placed on third base and thinking you hit a triple." (ABCNEWS)

We also haven't been given any widley published information about potential harmful effects of the exercise in a pill.

Exercise in a Pill-- No Substitute for Hardwork

Before looking up to the mice, do the research yourself and ask questions. Remember, if its too good to be true, then it probably is. There's no substitute for a good fitness program. A good workout helps relieve stress, gives you more energy and improves long term health. When its called 'health' and not exercise in a pill, we might have a reason to get excited.

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