Posts Tagged ‘Obesity Treatments’
As we have previously written, weight loss is a function of altering the energy balance – the reduction of consumed calories, ideally coupled with an increase of expended energy through exercise. However, many hope for easier ways to lose weight and shed pounds. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could simply pop a fat pill that would simultaneously help you eat less and burn more fat? Well… you will have to wait a little longer for such a wonder drug. However, recently published research from Merck Research Laboratories seems to point to a promising pharmacological treatment of obesity. By suppressing the action of key metabolic hormones, it is theoretically possible to reprogram our biological computer called the brain. This article highlights the appetite control research done on the Bombesin Receptor Subtype – 3 (BSR-3). It appears that enhancing the action of Bombesin may yield promising results. It appears to help in both the suppression of appetite, and an increase in metabolism.
