Scientists promise that soon, we all can be as slim as models without having to go on a strict diet. Photo – Reuters
The couch potato‘s ultimate fantasy – eating more and weighing less without having to exercise regularly – could become a reality thanks to a ground-breaking discovery about the way the body burns fat, researchers said. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston said mice that had been genetically modified to lack a key enzyme involved in fat metabolism ate as much as 40 percent more food than normal mice but weighed 10 to 15 percent less. The researchers said their findings could pave the way for the development of a drug that would target the same enzyme in the human body, providing weight loss without requiring people to eat less or exercise more. „This would be great for the couch potatoes – guys who can sit on the couch, eat the potato (chips), watch the TV, without worrying about having a bigger paunch. So this is what we feel potentially can be done,“ Dr. Salih Wakil, who led the study, said in an interview. Reuter
