Chat to Judith: Re: FYI : Appetite Suppression Research (interesting!)

[Guest guest]

Wow Katy that is all very interesting! Thanks for doing this!

Dawna

> >

> > Katy,

> >

> > I read that article this morning. Unfortuneately, they have done

> > very little research on this as of now. The article stated that

> > this was only tested on mice not people. Also " although mice

given

> > the hormone eat less, they do not lose as much weight as would be

> > expected. Tests also suggest that the weight they do lose might

> not

> > be fat. If the drug makes muscles shdrink, that would be

> > undesirable... "

> >

> > What I found very interesting is something stated toward the end

of

> > the article, " One thing that fascinates scientists about

obestatin

> > is its link to another hormone, ghrelin, which makes people

hungry -

>

> > the oposite of obestatin. The scientists were surprised to find

> > that the two hormones were products of the same gene. The gene

> > directs cells to make one protein polecule, which breaks into two

> > smaller ones, caled peptides. On is ghrelin and the other is

> > obestatin. "

> >

> > Anyway, it appears as though doing anything in people with this

is

> a

> > long way away. Additionally, & has the rights to

> > this discovery and who knows what affect that could have.

> >

> > Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 5 1/2 year old

> twins

> >

> >

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