An 'exercise pill' that makes the body fit without moving a muscle has been hailed by scientists following stunning test results.
The drug fools the muscles into thinking they have exercised long and hard, rapidly burning fat and boosting fitness.Ronald Evans, one of the researchers and a world-leading biologist, said: ''We have exercise in a pill.'.
Professor Evans, of the Salk Institute in California, showed that the drug, which is known as AICAR, boosts fat burning and stamina in inactive mice.
'Couch-potato' animals that took AICAR for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice.
And when tested on a treadmill, they could run almost 50 per cent longer than untreated mice.
'It is tricking the muscle into "believing" it's been exercised daily,' he said.
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