Obesity Cure Breakthrough
The obesity epidemic is not just restricted to the USA. In the United Kingdom, a staggering half of all adults are overweight!
Researchers from the Imperial College of London and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS (National Health Service) Trust have discovered a hormone that can help people lose weight. Medical News Today report that this hormone, called oxyntomodulin is a naturally occuring digestive hormone found in the small intestine, can be used to help people to lose weight.
Researchers injected volunteers with oxyntomodulin three times a day for a period of four weeks, and at the end of this period, the volunteers had lost an average of 2.3kg. This was largely due to a reduction in the volunteers appetites. The oxyntomodulin had effectively reduced the volunteers’ cravings to overeat.
Other effects of oxyntomodulin were reduced levels of adipose hormones, which are responsible for the build up of adipose tissues, a type of tissue where fat cells are stored.
Here’s what the researchers have to say:
“Professor Steve Bloom, senior researcher at Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospital, says: “The discovery that oxyntomodulin can be effective in reducing weight could be an important step in tackling the rising levels of obesity in society. Not only is it naturally occurring, so has virtually no side effects, it could be ideal for general use as it can be self administered. Despite this, we still need to conduct larger clinical trials to test its effectiveness over longer periods.”
Professor Bloom adds: “Obesity is fast becoming one of the biggest problems in society, affecting huge numbers in the western world, and with the latest figures showing 65 percent of American adults are overweight we desperately need new solutions. A reduction of up to ten percent in calorific intake would make a huge difference to the overweight, vastly improving their health. Obesity is well known as a major risk factor in all sorts of conditions, including coronary heart disease, cancer, and the development of late onset diabetes.”
They have already set up a company to conduct further research, and to commercialise this treatment, so you may soon find it available!