Fatty foods fire up hunger hormone
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 01:21
in Health & Medicine
New research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the hunger hormone ghrelin is activated by fats from the foods we eat -not those made in the body -in order to optimize nutrient metabolism and promote the storage of body fat.
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