Could a pill offer the same benefits as exercise? In Honor Whiteman’s article, “Could a pill offer the same benefits as exercise,” he covers a study from Cell Press News, conducted by two university professors, Ismail Laher of University of British Columbia and Shunchang Li of Beijing Sport University in China. The professors investigate on experimental “exercise pills” that are currently in development, the “AICAR,” “GW501516,” and “compound 14,” to find out if these pills will have the same benefits as exercise are feasible. The three drugs discussed in the article cover the findings from Professor Laher and Professor Li on what each pill does, what it contains, and how it works. The first drug is AICAR, which is an “exercise-mimicking”
