PGC-1α is only one small part of the multifaceted benefits of exercise and does not represent a complete 'exercise pill'.

“Yes, I said that it won't ever happen. Someone's going to come out with an exercise pill and it's going to totally not be an exercise pill and it's going to be one aspect of it, but like you just there's so many different physiological adaptations that are occurring in different organs and you're just it's it's it's really a panacea. It really is. >> Yeah. Everybody wants that say, "Oh, well PGC went out, but that's like the exercise pill." It's like, well, that's just that's just one part of it. >> Small part.”