Exercise pill on the horizon?

Exercise pill coming soon? Photo.

Researchers have finally done it. They have created a pill you can take instead of doing dreaded exercise.

Well, not so fast; don’t sell your treadmill yet. The newly developed exercise pill speeds the transformation of sugar-burning, fast-twitch fibers into fat-burning slow-twitch ones -- the same change that occurs in distance runners and cyclists through training – only WITH exercise. So, unless you’re already getting off the couch to exercise, the pill is useless! To boot, the pill has no effect on the muscles of people who already exercise.

So, unless you are a couch potato with your heart set on an Olympic medal, this pill is a waste of money. For now, the only way to get the health benefits of exercise is to "Just do it!"

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