Professor urges use of drugs to induce exercise and fitness

Our bodies evolved to be lazy.

By conserving energy, we can last longer during the lean times. The only problem with this is that lean times have been eradicated due to technological advancements. This has led to a society with a lot of food but no major propensity to move enough to burn it off.

In an admittedly controversial suggestion, Professor Marcora of the University of Kent has suggested the use of psychoactive drugs to induce exercise in the modern, lazy population.

The idea behind this is that when high on these drugs, we spend far less time focusing on the effort required to perform a task, making something like exercise seem a lot less intimidating. This would be especially useful for those that come home after work and feel exhausted but still need to work out.

Marcora points out that drugs are used ‘positively’ to help smokers quit or to help obese patients suppress their appetites. Why not add more big pharma products into the mix?

Very much aware of the fight to come, he hopes to promote the psychoactive drugs by claiming to help reduce the number of deaths caused by chronic inactivity.

There are already a large number of highly rated supplements that increase energy and focus, safely and naturally. However, this research is probably about inventing more pharmaceuticals.

Source:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151103140442.htm