> At the time, Pennington believed
> that the problem was that obese people have an excess of pyruvate, which
> inhibits fat metabolism, so the key is to eat foods that don't cause the
> production of pyruvate.

I'm puzzled! Did a google on pyruvate and found lots; some about weight loss
but instead of taking a pill that would lower the level of pyruvate all
pills raised levels and that was supposed to make you lose weight.
Contradicting. Anyone has an explanation?
Eva