{"id":100819,"date":"2020-01-13T19:48:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/could-a-pill-replace-exercise-scientists-discover-protein-mimics-effects-of-working-out"},"modified":"2020-01-13T19:48:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T03:48:13","slug":"could-a-pill-replace-exercise-scientists-discover-protein-mimics-effects-of-working-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/could-a-pill-replace-exercise-scientists-discover-protein-mimics-effects-of-working-out","title":{"rendered":"Could A Pill Replace Exercise? Scientists Discover Protein Mimics Effects Of Working Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/could-a-pill-replace-exercise-scientists-discover-protein-mimics-effects-of-working-out.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2014 <\/strong>Given the option, would you avoid the gym altogether and simply pop a pill or drink a supplement that brings about the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/exercise-makes-your-brain-bigger-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">benefits as a workout<\/a>? It sounds farfetched, but the idea of lounging around all day yet still enjoying the health benefits of an intense workout may soon be possible. While there are still many details to be worked out, researchers at the University of Michigan say that the naturally occurring protein <em>Sestrin <\/em>appears to mimic the effects of exercise on both flies and mice in experimental trials.<\/p>\n<p>These findings could have far reaching implications across the fitness, medical, and scientific fields. For instance, Sestrin could conceivably help individuals unable to work out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/never-too-late-seniors-who-rarely-exercise-benefit-from-gym-as-much-as-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">due to old age<\/a> or health problems maintain their muscles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearchers have previously observed that Sestrin accumulates in muscle following exercise,\u201d explains Myungjin Kim, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the Department of Molecular &amp; Integrative Physiology, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/labblog.uofmhealth.org\/lab-report\/a-replacement-for-exercise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">release.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2014 Given the option, would you avoid the gym altogether and simply pop a pill or drink a supplement that brings about the same benefits as a workout? It sounds farfetched, but the idea of lounging around all day yet still enjoying the health benefits of an intense workout may soon be [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}