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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Fructose may increase appetite by lowering leptin and increasing ghrelin
A dramatic increase in the consumption of hIgh-fructose corn syrup in recent years may help explain the recent obesity epidemic as explained in previous articles. One of the reasons may be that fructose does not stimulate the release of insulin the way that glucose does and thus does not stimulate the release of leptin according to a paper from researchers at the University of California, Davis.
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Friday, July 30, 2004
Ghrelin stimulates growth hormone release
Ghrehlin, a hormone produced primarily by the stomach that increases food intake, strongly stimulates growth hormone release.
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Ghrelin blocks the appetite-reducing effect of leptin
Ghrelin blocks the appetite-reducing effect of leptin according to a study performed on rats.
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Monday, July 05, 2004
Grehlin nocturnal rise blunted in obese
The nighttime rise in ghrehlin is blunted in people who are obese according to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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