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Soon a pill to replace sport?

Staying on your sofa while enjoying the same effects as a sports session will it soon be possible? In any case, this is what some researchers are working on, who hope to develop a pill capable of bringing the same benefits as sport, reports Le Figaro . Because for some of them, "an exercise pill can be useful", but it is above all feasible:"Given our current knowledge of the molecular targets of physical exercise, it is feasible", explains the researcher Chinese Shunchang Li and Canadian Ismail Laher in their article "Exercise Pill:On the Starting Line".

Le Figaro details how it would work. The pills would notably have actions on "brain activity, muscle performance, optimized use of energy...". But – it was too good – the newspaper still reminds us that this pill will never really replace all the positive effects of sport. It will therefore be more useful to paralyzed people than to us. So instead of fantasizing about this magic pill, we ask ourselves the right questions:Why can't I get into sport? We find the answers, and we get started ,)