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'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 :)"
Drugs like the one proposed just encourage laziness, but laziness is the primary problem.
Well, I'd say that's only half the problem. Let's not forget the huge amounts of stress inflicted upon us in this rapid-pace, highly complex post-modern society, and the enormous geographical distances, which predispose people to driving everywhere, instead of walking (or bicycling).
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Excercise?
Excercise doesn't do jack. Period.
Just do the math, one hour in gym increases your daily energy consumption in _low single digit_ percentage.
I repeat: One hour of _heavy labour_ has *minimal* effect on your daily energy use.
Ok, got that?
So what you're left with is choking the energy and especially fat input.. When you have *that* under control, it's beneficial to excercise some, which forces your body to speed up metabolism to cope with periodical energy-drain sessions. That could mean taking bicycle to work.. Combine that with your starvin' marvin' diet and you *can actually lose weight*!!
Excercise? Oh please. Unless your work is manual labor and you actually exercise 8 hours, five days a week, excercise *still is not going to do jack*.
I've seen several people comment about the relocation of the fat to another part of the body. IANAB (I am not a biologist) but my understanding is that if the enzyme does not process the fat it will move through your system and come out as waste. The fat will not go anywhere but the toilet.
Since you are not taking in any more fat, the fat you have will be burned off during the normal course of the day and you will lose weight.
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