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Diet special patches for fat loss without sports and diet
Many people have problems with their weight. Those affected often try to lose weight through all sorts of diets, or are planning to do more sports in the future and move more. Researchers have now developed a special patch that, when tested on mice, has led to the animals losing weight without doing sports or dieting.
The researchers from the University of North Carolina and Columbia University found in their study that a special anti-fat patch in mice leads to a loss of weight, without any sports or diet. The experts published the results of their study in the journal "ACS Nano".
In overweight and obesity, weight loss is usually achieved through dieting, exercise or exercise or liposuction. Physicians now developed a patch that breaks down the fat in the body. (Image: andriano_cz / fotolia.com) In mice, the patch resulted in weight loss
Can sticking a special patch on the skin really cause excess fat pads to melt? Researchers have now developed such a patch and test it successfully on mice. In the animals, the special patch caused the mice to lose weight without exercise or diet. The scientists hope that this method can also be used in the future for the treatment of obesity in humans.
Researchers use nanotechnology to make the patch
The newly made plaster used so-called nanotechnology to support fat metabolism. So the white fat, which normally stores energy, could be converted into brown fat, which burns the energy, the researchers report.
On treated body parts about 20 percent body fat broken down
The researchers found in their study that the patches in mice led to a decrease in body fat. When mice were treated with the aid of the patches, the body fat on the patch treated body parts decreased by twenty percent. Many people are likely to be very excited if they can reduce excess body fat and weight in the future through a non-invasive alternative to liposuction, the physicians explain.
Plasters could fight obesity and prevent diabetes
The patch could possibly be used to treat obesity and thus also prevent associated metabolic disorders such as diabetes. There are already some medications that can convert white fat in the body to brown fat, the experts say. However, such treatment is administered by taking tablets or injecting. This type of treatment leads to all sorts of unpleasant side effects for the patient. These include, for example, nausea, an increased likelihood of brittle bones, and an increase in weight.
Newly developed patch without side effects
The attached special plaster makes it possible to deliver the drug directly to the fatty tissue. This resulted in the experiments on the mice that the animals suffered no adverse effects.
How does the anti-fat patch work??
The drug is surrounded by nanoparticles with a diameter of about 250 nanometers. These nanoparticles were applied to a small patch (about the size of a fingertip). Over microscopic needles, the drug is then gradually released into the skin of the patient over time.
Treatment by the patch ran for a period of four weeks
In the experiment, the scientists pasted the special patches on the abdominal area of the animals. They were changed every three days over a period of four weeks. The result of the treatment was that in areas of the body where the doctors had pasted the plaster, the fat content decreased by 20 percent. (As)