Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 's Daily Message Monday August 07, 2006 CAN YOU WAIT? If you can wait a few years to lose weight, do I have some news for you! In the near future, a vaccine will be available that will be a dream come true for all of you! Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute reported in this week`s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have found a shot that will change the weight loss world! You see, you have a hormone in your body called ghrelin that increases energy expenditure and fat breakdown. This hormone is a bad hormone. The new vaccine will make the immune system produce antibodies that attack ghrelin. For a while now, they`ve been testing this formula on rats. Here`s what they did. They fed rats a low fat, low energy diet and gave them the shot. The rats lost quite a bit of weight! At the same time, Cytos, a Swiss based biotechnology company, is already testing a different vaccine in humans. No, I`m not going to give you the address and phone number of this place, because you`re not going! Back to the ghrelin vaccine. For the next several years, Scripps is going to work hard to perfect the serum, then try it out on a few other animals, and human trials will follow. So far they don`t know if you will need one shot or several to attack the ghrelin hormone. Scripps is hoping one day to get rid of the shots and create an oral vaccine. Well, won`t this be a popular drug when it comes out! What will it cost? Will it work? Will you lose weight like the rats who were fed a low fat, low energy diet? No pizza and fries for those little guys! I can see your little mind thinking right now. Well, don`t think about it, because you`re not going to take shots or oral vaccines to lose weight! You`re gonna lose weight the right way! Can you imagine how much the new drugs are going to cost? I`d rather you spend that money on stocking your kitchen with healthy food, buying yourself a new pair of cross trainers and an iPod. Have you planned your meals and workouts for the week? What are you waiting for? Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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