Rejoice, potential new drug discovery that could prevent weight gain

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Glaucoma drugs have been shown to prevent weight gain in mice, according to a new study.

A new discovery could make it possible to eat all the fat you want without gaining a single pound - and it all happened by accident.

In a study using mice, Yale University researchers found they could prevent fat from being absorbed in the body by stopping its entry into the gut.

So what happened to all the fat the mice were consuming? In the toilet, according to study co-author Anne Eichmann - also from Yale - who told the magazine that fat was excreted into the mice's feces.

the discovery did come with health problems for the mice, like edema - a condition that causes swelling because of excess fluid in the body. Some of the rodents developed edema because the levels of liquid in their bodies were impacted by blocking the VEGF-A protein.

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