Mon, Sep-16-02, 18:36
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Plan: IF +LC
Stats: 287/165/165
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Progress: 100%
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Interesting article, Bren - what jumped out at me was this in the last few paragraphs:
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Researchers also must work out better ways of delivering it into the body and determine how it is broken down. The volunteers in the study received intravenous infusions of PYY3-36, but the researchers think an injection could be produced.
Still, harnessing the dietary role of hormones is an important step in developing effective weight control therapies, experts said.
Previous studies have focused limiting the effects of ghrelin, a hormone made by stomach cells that boosts appetite.
“If we are to combat the global obesity epidemic, such breakthroughs are urgently needed,” said University of Washington endocrinologist Michael W. Schwartz,
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Heaven forbid we should educate the public on healthy ways of eating
Nat
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