Exercise cuts appetite
July 7th 2008
Two studies suggest that regular aerobic exercise releases hormones that suppress hunger.
Researchers from Chile have found that overweight people who worked out on either an exercise bike or a treadmill for 3 months had increased levels of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor, thought to reduce hunger.
In a second study American scientists also found that exercise helped reduce appetite but that its effects were most marked in people who were thin in the first place. Body fat interferes with leptin which keeps feelings of hunger at bay.
(Mail, p38 & 43)
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