Compound Found To Trick Metabolism, Promote Weight Loss In Mice.

he Salk Institute for Biological Studies, published in the journal Nature Medicine, say they “have developed a compound that tricks the metabolism into responding as if a meal has been eaten,” thereby “causing it to burn fat to make room for new calories.” The compound, fexaramine, “works only in the intestine, never entering the bloodstream,” which, according to the research, “makes it much safer than...systemic stimulants that also rev up the heart and other parts of the body and cause strong side effects.” The paper “suggests that the drug may one day offer a nonsurgical alternative to ‘vertical sleeve gastrectomies’ that have become popular in the battle against morbid obesity.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/01/05/new-drug-tricks-metabolism-into-burning-fat-as-if-youve-just-finished-a-meal/