The new Treadmill & Wine Diet

I am starting a new diet!

This one could make me rich if promoted properly!

I really like this one!  Let's get some first hand testimonials...know any mice or men?

Well, here I am on my exercise bike, anticipating the excesses of the weekend social functions. All those cookies and brownies and maybe a glass or two of wine. At the very least, I figure maybe a few good turns on the exercycle will keep me from snacking before I hit the buffet table.  But a new study from the U.K. suggests that when it comes to suppressing appetite, not all exercise is created equal. The researchers followed male university students as they jogged for an hour on a treadmill or spent 90 minutes lifting weights. And they found that the treadmill workout altered the production of two different hormones that control appetite. Whereas pumping iron only affected one. Which suggests that aerobic exercise is a better appetite suppressant than muscle building.  And the students’ stomachs agreed. Although both workouts curbed the students’ appetities, the run left them even less hungry than the weight lifting.

Lucky for me, it looks like I’m ok with the exercise bike. But don’t worry if dumbbells are your thing. I’m sure lifting weights can also keep you from noshing. As long as you’re holding them while you’re at the party.

In another study - An experimental drug that works much like an ingredient in red wine and grapes kept rodents from getting fat and increased their endurance. Researchers say the drug, SIRT1720, also lowered glucose levels — good news for a human version of the medicine being developed to treat diabetes. 

The findings, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, show that mice fed a high-fat diet for 10 weeks who were given 100-milligram or 500-milligram doses of the med stayed svelte; animals on the same diet that didn't receive the drug packed on the pounds. The 10 medicated mice also ran twice as long as normal rodents.  The drug works by triggering a protein called SIRT1that normally kicks in during starvation and tells the body to burn fat and conserve energy, according tothe study.