Will There Someday Be an Exercise Pill?

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T_rex — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:55:12 GMT

Picture Joe Blow, hypnotized by daytime television with a constant stream of TV ads about new wonder drugs that are "safe and effective", gets up once in a while to drive over to the local Mcdonalds to pick up a big Mac, french fries and a large soda, then on the way home stops at the Walgreens to pick up a couple of packs of sudafed (Meth) then under their narcotic rush says to himself "Is this a great country or what".

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ImJustHealthConscious — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:08:18 GMT

Great article! Thanks for the heads up.

That's all we need now... another stupid drug, laden with unknown side effects, that proposes a healthy lifestyle alternative and obviously a healthier financial existence for the corrupt pharmaceutical companies involved. Our bodies were meant to be active and I'll stick to exercising mine to be healthy!

This type of nonsense will never end as long as there are people willing to buy into their blatant lies. Let's not forget the pharmaceutical company's cute TV commercials which end with a heart warming scene where everyone that was sick now lives "happily ever after" because they take their pill everyday, even once-a-day, ("ask your doctor if "such-and-such" is right for you-- LOL). What a joke! Of course their new treatment will be "right for you" and anyone who asks their "pharmaceutics" doctor.

I can remember how I was misdiagnosed many years ago and put on everything from Beta blockers, Testosterone, Eltroxin, told to try anti-depressants, (which I refused to do, having heard about potential side effects ), right up to Nexium because I was extremely fatigued from metal toxicity. When my cholesterol was high I asked if I could see a registered nutritionist. My doctor said; OK, I’ll set you up an appointment with one. That was 4 years ago and I apparently am still on a waiting list to see one!

Indeed, this is our "Canadian medical system" for health in Canada. Pills and other drugs are readily available but professional advice for proper nutrition is definitely not part of the program and apparently never was.

Take charge of your life… Stay healthy everyone! :)

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AZhiker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:53:21 GMT

From the original article: " Large doses of resveratrol can allow mice to run twice as far as usual on a treadmill before collapsing." Did someone make a mistake writing the article or were the mice forced to run until they collapse? The whole thing seems like a silly concept, especially if you collapse at the end!

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Carol Morrisey — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:30:13 GMT

It's too bad that we live in a day when our daily work is not exercise. Once upon a time (and still, for a few), going to work meant using muscles all day long. I find it impossible to exercise for 60-90 minutes a day--too busy. It's also not as fulfilling as an activity like raking leaves, which results in a sense of accomplishment other than working up a sweat. But I also wouldn't trust a pill to be a complete substitute. So I will continue to attempt as much exercise as I am able, and have to be satisfied with that.

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beachmomma — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:20:57 GMT

I agree with Anathema... we can't be so quick to judge. I'm sure that just as much as there will be side effects and dangers, there will be people that it's actually suitable for and will potentially help. The problem lies where people RELY on something like this as the only means for that particular benefit. Just as any drug on the market that's prescribed by a doctor or bought over the counter, it should be used as nothing more than a crutch during your healing process. It's one thing to have diabetes or high cholesterol, but it's another to use the medications given for the rest of your life. HEAL YOURSELF while you're on these medications and maybe you'll just have to use them for 6 months or a year. It's also a matter of habit, like with vegetables. My kids weren't born liking broccoli, but after giving it to them so many times, their bodies craved it, and now they eat it regularly and even request it for dinner. Maybe normally sedentary people will be able to use this pill as a crutch or a habit-builder to get into an exercise routine. It might be possible to use this as a motivator... just the push needed to get off the couch and onto a hike. I also heard that it's being looked into as an alternative to heart surgery because the effect it will have on your arteries will be similar to that of exercise. It's never even been tested on humans, so let's not be too quick to make assumptions. It might just be the pill to save somebody's life... or at least change it.

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Patty D — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:01:02 GMT

Sucrose, removed from the plant it came from is a killer. Fructose, removed from fruit and fiber tends to be stored as fat and increases triglycerides, synthetic vitamins are toxic. I could give thousands of examples so, what makes anyone think that a drug that could "turn your muscles on" be safe? What about the increased heart rate and blood flow that comes from exercise? This is just crazy and sad. Big Pharma wants to lull us even deeper into the morass of believing there is a pill for anything. Of course, diabetics and the obese, whom these drugs are aimed at, will be begging for it. How many deaths from cancer, heart attacks etc will occur before they've made their billions and pull it from the market? This is stomach turning. Publicizing something like this in mainstream media will automatically create a demand, the FDA will fast forward and most of here know what the end result will be.

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Anathema — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:56:47 GMT

This could have potential medical benefits for those who have medical issues and not simply lazy. I have a child who this could theoretically benefit with low muscle tone, extreme fatigue and low endurance. The child is highly motivated, not lazy...just can't move like everyone else. I can't afford to be so hasty as to write off its potential benefits for significantly impaired persons. No doubt it could be abused as is anything else in life can be, but it shouldn't mean people who could potentially use it should be discounted.

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chovihani — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:55:42 GMT

What a waste of valuable time and money!!!! They'll invent anything rather than just get on with what's natural.

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seg — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:44:19 GMT

Could GW1516 be a code name for "immortal" GWB himself......

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samurai — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:26:22 GMT

This is a joke, right?

Are we being punked?

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BeeGirl — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:32:48 GMT

Maybe someday there will be a 'life' pill - you wouldn't have to do anything anymore.

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All Under Heaven — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:25:32 GMT

This 'endurance-increasing pill' sounds like a steroid. Steroids illegal, but it's okay for big corporations like Big Pharma to sell it? (along with their opiates derivatives and whatnot)

It's sad how really there's a pill for everything. When you hear about something like this, you wonder if another aspect of life are starting to become obsolete and meaningless. Why (exercise) if you can take a pill? Real exercise is getting up and moving around, not popping a pill.

The researchers say that an exercise-pill might become helpful for people who aren't able to move or disabled people. But I fear the worst of it. If this "exercise pill" gets out, this will encourage people to become completely sedentary while taking another pill at the same time. Instead of playing, recess, sports, and physical education (which are horribly lacking in US schools), they might just feed pills to the kids and say they're getting "exercise".

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Aaltrude — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:22:15 GMT

Big Pharma will do anything to make money. I'll stick with just good old fashioned exercise.