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"Vibrating Mice" Develop Less Fat, Study Shows

Science & Tech (tags: mice, development, fat, research, science, stem cells, vibration )

Eduardo

- 275 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com

Laboratory mice that spent 15 minutes a day on a vibrating platform developed 28 percent less fat than control mice during a recent experiment. These mice experienced very subtle, almost undetectable, tremors.

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Eduardo L. (95)

Monday October 22, 2007, 7:37 pm
Forget the ads for waistband-jiggling vibration belts guaranteed to "burn away fat." These mice experienced very subtle, almost undetectable, tremors.

Scientists theorize that as the mice developed, the vibrations mimicked muscle activity and induced their stem cells to develop into bone or muscle cells rather than fat cells.

"We're not burning fat or taking fat mice and making them skinny."