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. Read the entire article | Email this article

Ghrehlin, a hormone produced primarily by the stomach that increases food intake, strongly stimulates growth hormone release. Read the entire article | Email this article

Ghrelin blocks the appetite-reducing effect of leptin according to a study performed on rats. Read the entire article | Email this article

The nighttime rise in ghrehlin is blunted in people who are obese according to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the entire article | Email this article