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Hard time reaching your weight loss goals? Get your growth hormone levels checked

September 15, 2019 -

The researchers found that the growth hormone can act in a way that hinders weight loss. They already knew that growth hormone receptors, which can be found in large quantities in the muscle, liver, tissue, and other organs, directly play a role in growth metabolism. However, in their recent study, they found that brains are also full of growth hormone receptors and that they are involved in metabolic responses that conserve energy when you are hungry or on a diet.

“This ...

A single workout can activate neurons that boost metabolism for days

February 19, 2019 -

The study, which was published in the journal Molecular Metabolism, provided new insights into the role of the brain in fitness and metabolism. To arrive at this finding, the researchers measured the effects of short- and long-term exercise on two types of neurons in mice. The first of these is the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neuron, which reduces appetite, lowers blood sugar levels, and increases energy burning when activated. The second type is the neuropeptide Y and agouti-related ...

Treat pain by being hungry? New study suggests that hunger shuts off our perception of pain

April 17, 2018 -

Neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania concluded in a new research that animals suppress chronic pain when they are hungry, in an attempt to look for food and survive. The study zeroed in on 300 brain cells that prioritize the need for food to quell hunger, than the need to get over chronic pain.

Amber L. Alhadeff, one of the researchers admitted that his team did not expect that hunger could influence the feeling of pain. But he realized it made sense. Animals ...