Anyone try gila monster saliva yet?

Acg67

Can't wait for Dr Oz to tout this stuff...

A naturally occurring compound in the saliva of the Gila monster lizard helps reduce food cravings, by downgrading how rewarding a sweet treat is to rats, new research suggests.

After ingesting the compound, called exendin-4, the rats lost their cravings for both food and chocolate, the researchers said. Their study will be published in the April 4th issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

"The implications of the findings are significant," study researcher Suzanne ****son, of the University of Gothenburg, said in a statement. "Most dieting fails because we are obsessed with the desire to eat, especially tempting foods like sweets. As exendin-4 suppresses the cravings for food, it can help obese people to take control of their weight."

In the study they found that the compound makes eating less rewarding in the brain, a reaction that can get out of control in obese people, who keep eating in search of more rewarding activity in the brain and often become addicted to eating.

http://www.livescience.com/20332-gila-monster-saliva-reduces-food-cravings.html

And the abstract of the study

The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogue, Exendin-4, decreases the rewarding value of food: a new role for mesolimbic GLP-1 receptors.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22492036

jg627

I'm going to go kiss a gila monster right now. Just make sure it's the opposite gender or people might look at you funny.

UponThisRock

lol, I thought this was going to be a joke thread

CoryIda

I haven't tried this, but I've heard that licking a Colorado River Toad is an excellent appetite suppressant.

Of course, that *might* be because they are highly poisonous, but... well... if it works for weight loss, it's worth it, right????

Sp1nGoddess

I read about this the other day... I might invest in a gila monster farm....

dinosnopro

mmmm.... gila monster saliva smoothie.

UsedToBeHusky

I haven't tried this, but I've heard that licking a Colorado River Toad is an excellent appetite suppressant.

Of course, that *might* be because they are highly poisonous, but... well... if it works for weight loss, it's worth it, right????

:laugh:

KettleBellHoe

Lick a bufo toad! their filled with dmt a naturally occuring drug in your brain that explodes out of your pineal gland when you die. Shamans use it all de time.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I hear it tastes like snozberries.

mes1119

I seriously assumed that Dr. Oz was behind this.

harlanJEN

I'm going to go kiss a gila monster right now. Just make sure it's the opposite gender or people might look at you funny.

I think you will get greater benefit by LICKING the Gila Monster instead of kissing ....

LondonEliza

Mmmmmm, a diet product with saliva in the name - what's NOT to love!?.
(bleugh and shudder!)

Order me a truckload and buy me shares in the company!!

Papillon22

oh, wow, I thought it was a joke too.

Btw, "Suzanne ****son", I think I'll change my name to include asterisks, they look so cool!

_Timmeh_

In a related story Gila Monster sales are up 50%

UponThisRock

Lick a bufo toad! their filled with dmt a naturally occuring drug in your brain that explodes out of your pineal gland when you die. Shamans use it all de time.

jg627

I'm going to go kiss a gila monster right now. Just make sure it's the opposite gender or people might look at you funny.

I think you will get greater benefit by LICKING the Gila Monster instead of kissing ....

If you are passionate enough, it will slip you the tongue.

Tori_356

lol, I thought this was going to be a joke thread

me too

tashjs21

YES!! I have been wondering what to do with all of that gila monster saliva I had lying around. :drinker:

michellelhartwig

lol, I thought this was going to be a joke thread

^^^^^THIS

BAMFMeredith

I hear it tastes like snozberries.

The snozberries taste like snozberries...

erxkeel

I heard Horse *kitten* is next on the list too.

hillm12345

"Homer, are you licking toads?"

"I'm not NOT licking toads"

ickybella

Can we PLEASE stop feeding the rats chocolate? That is my chocolate; I wrote my name on the wrapper. Under no circumstances will I be sharing. Sheesh.

taso42

if you wrestle the gila monster and make out with it to get its saliva, you burn a bunch of calories. so that's a nice bonus.

IronmanPanda

If the gila monster is pregnant does that mean you can only eat 500 calories a day?

Crowhorse

lol, I thought this was going to be a joke thread

Me, too.

GasMasterFlash

My gila monster eats her own poop sometimes.

selfishshellfish

I recommend going on several dates with the Gila monster before asking to try its saliva. Just so it doesn't feel objectified.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I hear it tastes like snozberries.

The snozberries taste like snozberries...

The gila moster must have pre-licked the glass.

Trail_Addict

I heard being hit in the head with a hammer has the same "appetite suppressant" effects.

tomomatic

screw that. Komodo Dragon saliva or nothing. In the lizard world, size matters.