Posted on 08/19/2015 11:09:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could open the door to an entirely new approach to the problem beyond diet and exercise.
The work solves a big mystery: Since 2007, researchers have known that a gene called FTO was related to obesity, but they didn’t know how, and could not tie it to appetite or other known factors.
Now experiments reveal that a faulty version of the gene causes energy from food to be stored as fat rather than burned. Genetic tinkering in mice and on human cells in the lab suggests this can be reversed, giving hope that a drug or other treatment might be developed to do the same in people.
The work was led by scientists at MIT and Harvard University and published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. …
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Spoons !
This is fantastic! I can’t wait to take my weight loss wonder pill and hit the buffets!
For some of us this is vindication from the “He must eat all the time” buttholes of the world.
I have fought this my whole life, and am not an overeater. I don’t snack either.
I have seen the shows about the 800lb people who eat 14 pieces of chicken at one sitting, and finish off with a half of a cake, washing it down with a 2 liter pop.
That’s enough food to fill me up for a week.
Some kind FReepers suggested some reading material for me a couple of days ago that looked promising, but this might be an answer to a life long prayer for folks in my situation.
Don’t follow the Jared diet!!!
It could lead to a very early death.
I think I eat too much.
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