1 Solution To Obesity: Muscles That Act As An Energy Drain

Here is a "solution" that does not exist. This is par for the weight loss course.

"Many people have traded in their gas-guzzling old 'clunkers' for newer and more efficient models or cut back on energy use at home by opting for Energy Star appliances and compact fluorescent light bulbs. But, when it comes to our muscles, a little less efficiency might be just what the doctor ordered, suggests a report in the January Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication.

The researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Iowa have new insight into an important 'fuel gauge' in muscle. They've also uncovered evidence in mice that treatments designed to disrupt those so-called sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels specifically in muscles might allow us to control our weight by increasing the number of calories our muscles will burn with regular activity or exercise....

The researchers conclude that 'sarcolemmal KATP channels govern muscle energy economy, and their downregulation in a tissue-specific manner could present an anti-obesity strategy by rendering muscle increasingly thermogenic at rest and less fuel efficient during exercise."

If you want to lose weight, just hold the Mayo - all forms.