'Beer Belly' Enzyme Discovered In Time For Xmas

dbolger writes: "azcentral.com has this article about how scientists in Boston have found the enzyme that causes fat cells to cluster around the stomach. The hope is that this discovery will eventually lead to a "cure" for the male beer belly. Good news for those "activity challenged" geeks among us, especially at this time of year :)"

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Exercise

[Karma 50]

Okay, so abdominal fat is worse than other sorts; but inhibiting this enzyme still means the fat is going to end up somewhere else.

The real cure for beer-bellies is proper diet and exercise.

Drugs like the one proposed just encourage laziness, but laziness is the primary problem.

Re:Excercise myth

[Bullschmidt]

Wow.. thats completely false. When you exercise for an hour, you can burn on the order or 600-700 Calories (yes, with a capital C, and yes, there is a difference). Given the average person burns about 2500 a day, this is in fact very significant. Plus, exercising raises your metabolism for nearly an hour afterwards, so you continues to burn calories. Please do a little research. Of course exercise won't cure over eating - if you eat those extra 600 Calories, you're not going to lose weight. I speak from MUCH experience as a lightweight athelete (no, not a starving wrestler), who had to monitor his weight carefully.