>> 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
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Me too!

On the last go-round concerning Anchell's diet, I asked the same question.
Seems like it was right after a whole mess of supplement companies started
selling pyruvate pills as the latest and greatest weight loss product. I
received no enlightenment at the time (or, at least in any of the issues I
actually read :).