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Recently watched this interview with a random russian dude and he mentioned this.
Found the study:
This is just wonderful:
"On a mouse treadmill, PEPCK-Cmus mice ran up to 6 km at a speed of 20 m/min, whereas controls stopped at 0.2 km."
A-fucking-mazing. 30 times the endurance.
"PEPCK-Cmus mice had an enhanced exercise capacity, with a VO2max of 156 ± 8.0 ml/kg/min, a maximal respiratory exchange ratio of 0.91 ± 0.03, and a blood lactate concentration of 3.7 ± 1.0 mm after running for 32 min at a 25° grade; the values for control animals were 112 ± 21 ml/kg/min, 0.99 ± 0.08, and 8.1 ± 5.0 mm respectively."
Almost 1.5 the VO2max!
But what's the catch??
Food. God were those mice hungry.
"The PEPCK-Cmus mice ate 60% more than controls but had half the body weight and 10% the body fat as determined by magnetic resonance imaging."
Yeye, lower body fat whatever, but they're light as fuck and eat a shitton.
In addition, if normal mice died only after like 4-5 days of not eating, the modified mice died in just 24hrs.
PEPCK, full name Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, is a mandatory ferment that is a must for gluconeogenesis to work. That's why it made shit change so much, and that's why you'll fucking die if you don't eat enough.
Found the study:
This is just wonderful:
"On a mouse treadmill, PEPCK-Cmus mice ran up to 6 km at a speed of 20 m/min, whereas controls stopped at 0.2 km."
A-fucking-mazing. 30 times the endurance.
"PEPCK-Cmus mice had an enhanced exercise capacity, with a VO2max of 156 ± 8.0 ml/kg/min, a maximal respiratory exchange ratio of 0.91 ± 0.03, and a blood lactate concentration of 3.7 ± 1.0 mm after running for 32 min at a 25° grade; the values for control animals were 112 ± 21 ml/kg/min, 0.99 ± 0.08, and 8.1 ± 5.0 mm respectively."
Almost 1.5 the VO2max!
But what's the catch??
Food. God were those mice hungry.
"The PEPCK-Cmus mice ate 60% more than controls but had half the body weight and 10% the body fat as determined by magnetic resonance imaging."
Yeye, lower body fat whatever, but they're light as fuck and eat a shitton.
In addition, if normal mice died only after like 4-5 days of not eating, the modified mice died in just 24hrs.
PEPCK, full name Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, is a mandatory ferment that is a must for gluconeogenesis to work. That's why it made shit change so much, and that's why you'll fucking die if you don't eat enough.
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