Study finds "love hormone" nasal spray Oxytocin helps in reducing men's appetite and body fat

[dissentient]

Though researchers are yet to understand how Oxytocin works in a human body a lot more has been discovered. The hormone spray commonly referred to as “love Hormone” is said to reduce a man’s appetite by reducing calorie consumption in men to a certain percentage. It is also said to be play an effective role to those who are seeking to reduce body fat.

The study was carried out by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston and a sample of 25 males of 27 years on average was used. The batch was divided into two – one was for normal weight men and the other was for the obese men. The lead researcher, Elizabeth Lawson indicated that the results were exhilarating.

A single dose of Oxytocin would have men take less breakfast meal and more fat would be burnt. The same men were able to handle their blood sugar more effectively. “This is just one dose. This means much more can be achieved if the dose was increased.” Lawson noted. There is a likelihood that one would lose 9 pounds in 12 weeks which would translate to 35 pounds in a year.

Although this spray did cause dizziness, nasal irritation and drowsiness it did not have any effects on the heart rate and the blood pressure of the participants. Besides, the spray, whose approval is only in Europe, seems to have some potential in the treatment of type 2 diabetes alongside the metabolic complications. However, a lot more needs to be verified by carrying out a more intense study and possibly include women in it.

http://thewestsidestory.net/2015/03/09/37328/study-finds-love-hormone-nasal-spray-oxytocin-helps-in-reducing-men-appetite-and-body-fat/

[GreatGazoo]

1. My own preference would be if I have Type II Diabetes let's get me out of the conditions that

fostered it -- raise my physical activity, lower my body weight and even out my blood sugar through diet and timing of meals.

Messing with nasal hormone sprays for the rest of one's life hardly seems like an "exhilarating" prospect since many similar treatments (eg steroids) lead to further complications, usually some kind of tolerance and dependency.

[FSogol]

2. So, skinny, well-fit people are all Oxy addicts? Who knew?

[strawberries]

4. what about women

we do have body fat too

[FSogol]

5. Heroin is an equal opportunity weight-loss plan.

[strawberries]

6. Heroin

I must have responded on the wrong post. Let me go check

[FSogol]

7. Yeah, you probably meant to respond to the OP, not the guy making bad jokes. n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Rush Limbaugh: "Did somebody say Oxycotin? Cause I love that stuff but I haven't lost a pound!"

No, sorry, Rush. Oxytocin, not Oxycotin.