Anti-Obesity "Biochemical Cigarette" Exploits Body's Responses to Cold and Smoking

Researchers in Europe and Australia have developed an anti-obesity “chemical cigarette” that exploits the body’s natural responses to both cold exposure and smoking. The new approach uses two chemicals to boost energy expenditure and fat burning, while simultaneously dampening appetite, improving lipid metabolism, and reversing glucose intolerance.Tested in obese mice, the weight-loss approach couples treatment using a compound called icilin that stimulates a target (TRPM8) inv