Ghrelin: The Hunger Hormone Discovered.

[Burning_Inside]

I just saw this on the news..

There's a hormone they discovered(I've done a search on the web for Ghrelin, and it goes back to discoveries in 2000, so I guess they discovered it then, but now are making it more widely known.

Anyway, what it does is...Give you those hunger pains. They never knew what caused it till now. They said that for some reson, when you lose weight, more Ghrelin is produced, making it the reason why most people (of course not the strong willed people or those who use hunger suppresants) binge out when they come off a diet.

Sromach stapling has been found to decrease the amount of Ghrelin produced. They used Carny Wilson, from Wilson Phillips as an example. Her surgery turned her stomach into the size of a thumb, and she lost over 150 lbs.

Well, now you know what signls your brain to think you're hungry.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Actually, researchers believe that ghrelin is only one of several systems that signal hunger. Although the other mechanisms are not understood, scientists know that we have duplicity (i.e. backup systems) in case one fails, (i.e. ghrelin).

Here's a link to the story if anybody want to read it:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/755855.asp

 

[HappyScrappy]

I wonder if I'm just low in that shit - I'm never hungry.... or "rarely"