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People without a certain protein lose weight slower than others, shows study�
Some people struggle to lose weight despite following a strict diet and exercising plenty. A new study has found what causes some people shed pounds faster than others.
Several factors influence your body weight and working out alone doesn’t burn your belly fat. However, if achieving your ideal weight is a slow process even after a lot work, your body could be lacking a certain protein.
Study finds why it’s hard for some people to lose weight
The research team at Kobe University found that some people lose weight slower than others after workout because they lack alternative versions of a protein called PGC-1z, which links exercise and its effect.
They conducted a study on mice,simultaneously studying the weight loss pattern in participants with type 2 diabetes and other without.
They create mice that lacked certain versions (b and c) of the protein and observed them against the standard version.
It was found that the group that didn’t have the b�and c versions of PGC-1z was “essentially blind to short-term activity and does not adapt to these stimuli,” reports Science Daily. Furthermore, the alternative versions were�produced in muscles “more than tenfold more during exercise.”
The study notes that obese people are known to have reduced levels of the singal molecule, which is responsible for muscle growth, fat burning and oxygen consumption during rest and short-term as well as long-term workout.
The discovery can help treat obesity
More research on the single molecules that enable faster weight loss is needed to devise treatment approaches for obesity.
The modern-day anti-obesity drugs help a person lose weight by suppressing their appetite. However, the latest study tried to tackle the same issue with increased energy expenditure.
“If a substance that increases the b and c versions can be found, this could lead to the development of drugs that enhance energy expenditure during exercise or even without exercise,” the researchers wrote in the paper.
