AcidzCraze
05-26-2001, 11:51 PM
<FONT COLOR="blue">I read this today at work. </FONT c>
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"Foodaholics dream is of eatching whatever they want but not gaining weight. As anyone with a weight problem knows all to well: If you let down your dietary guard too long or too often, you will get fat. A study from the Baylor College of Medicine showed that someday foodaholics might be able to have their cake and eat it too. They found an enzyme in mice called acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 (ACC2) that helped the animals control their body weights. The scientist developed genetically altered mice [I dont know how I feel about this] that didn't produce ACC2. Although the mice ate whatever they wanted (40% more food than the control mice), they were actually thinner than the mice without the altered gene. Blocking the gene caused the cells to burn fat faster than normal. The researchers are currently developing drugs that will block ACC2 in humans and hope to have an effective weight loss product in 5 years. (Reuters Health, March 29, 2001) - Muscular Development July 2001, pg. 56"
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<FONT COLOR="blue">When and if this hits the market, would you take it? What would be your concerns? How would you feel about your girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse taking it?
From experiance at work, I've seen that not just everyone who is "over-weight" feels compelled to take weight-loss products.
I personally would be bothered by it. I don't like anything going in and messing up my genes, or blocking certain ones.
I would wonder what long term effects it has potential to cause. What are your opinions?
In a way, it bothers me that they are genetically modifying animals. I suppose I have been blind to this before, but contemplating the idea of this is unsettling for me. </FONT c>
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"Reality is that which when you stop believing it, it doesn't go away" -Philip K. Dick
<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>
"Foodaholics dream is of eatching whatever they want but not gaining weight. As anyone with a weight problem knows all to well: If you let down your dietary guard too long or too often, you will get fat. A study from the Baylor College of Medicine showed that someday foodaholics might be able to have their cake and eat it too. They found an enzyme in mice called acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 (ACC2) that helped the animals control their body weights. The scientist developed genetically altered mice [I dont know how I feel about this] that didn't produce ACC2. Although the mice ate whatever they wanted (40% more food than the control mice), they were actually thinner than the mice without the altered gene. Blocking the gene caused the cells to burn fat faster than normal. The researchers are currently developing drugs that will block ACC2 in humans and hope to have an effective weight loss product in 5 years. (Reuters Health, March 29, 2001) - Muscular Development July 2001, pg. 56"
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<FONT COLOR="blue">When and if this hits the market, would you take it? What would be your concerns? How would you feel about your girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse taking it?
From experiance at work, I've seen that not just everyone who is "over-weight" feels compelled to take weight-loss products.
I personally would be bothered by it. I don't like anything going in and messing up my genes, or blocking certain ones.
I would wonder what long term effects it has potential to cause. What are your opinions?
In a way, it bothers me that they are genetically modifying animals. I suppose I have been blind to this before, but contemplating the idea of this is unsettling for me. </FONT c>
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"Reality is that which when you stop believing it, it doesn't go away" -Philip K. Dick