A Moment of Science
You've just snacked on rice cakes. Why are you still hungry?
French researchers recently found that a certain type of snacking is harder on your waistline.
Just thinking about eating food may be enough to curve your appetite.
The stomachs of children who are dying appear ridiculously swollen, as if from over-eating. Is there a connection?
You know how they say you should never go grocery shopping when you're hungry?
For many health-conscious folks, nuts are on the list of foods to avoid because they’re high in fat. And eighty to ninety percent of the calories in nuts do come from fat. But not all fats are created equal. The fat in nuts is unsaturated fat, which acts differently in the body than the saturated fat found in meat and dairy products
This might be why so many people gain the weight back after dieting. With higher levels of ghrelin in their blood, they wind up even hungrier than they were before, even when they stop dieting. Currently, drug companies are looking for safe ways to decrease the amount of gherlin in the blood.
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