Proper exercise is hard to come by, when your back is basically broken. I want to pop some Notbuprofen and feel the burn as the pounds melt away.
In theory, a drug that stimulates the hormones that demand the burning of fat *should* be possible. Why isn’t it, and/or why has no one made this yet?
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There is. GLP-1 agonists target insulin, which is a hormone largely responsible for weight.
For example, your thyroid is a big factor in driving your metabolism. It is also part of something called the HPA axis, which is a feedback loop between your pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands. These things regulate a lot of important things in your body, heart rate, blood pressure, inflammation responses to injury or stress, and of course, metabolism and much more.
The organs in your HPA axis are intrinsically linked, introducing exogenous hormones will cause all the organs to react – and if you’re at normal levels and trying to use hormones to burn excess weight, then all of a sudden you can be forcing some of these glands into overdrive or atrophy. Which, either of those scenarios can cause irreversible damage to your body or simply be fatal.
Increasing your hormone levels is dangerous, in many cases, people that need hormone adjustments receive only micrograms, which is an order of magnitude smaller than milligrams, a day. Which should indicate that it is something that is very delicately balanced.
Exercise, even modest amounts, will increase your metabolism and burn fat, it is also one of the healthiest things you can do. 15 minutes a day is something most people can afford and is enough to have a meaningful impact for most people.
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