This from HealthDay News, published on MSN.com:
Clue to Controlling Appetite Found:
Discovery could one day lead to weight-loss pill in humans
But don’t hold your breath:
"The
tantalizing lure of a ’silver bullet’ to prevent weight gain and treat
obesity propagates irrepressible hope alike among the public at large
and scientific researchers alike," said Dr. David L. Katz, director of
the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
"To date, such hopes have consistently been dashed."Katz added there are reasons to be cautious
about any drug for weight control. "Weight gain occurs because of more
calories in than out," he said. "The physiologic mechanisms that favor
weight gain are diverse, redundant and profound. To turn them off is
tantamount to shutting down much that is fundamental to human
metabolism. Intuition suggests such an endeavor is fraught with hazard."Perhaps
a C75 derivative will one day be one of the weapons used to combat
obesity and its consequences, Katz said. But there’s "no need to hold
our breath and wait," he added."We already
own the solution to obesity: increase daily calorie output above daily
calorie intake. There will likely never be a medication as supportive
of overall good health as the combination of healthful,
portion-controlled eating, and regular physical activity," Katz
stressed.
I love this guy.
