FGF21 Key to Regulating Sweet Tooth?

[iacas]

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/liver-hormone-may-be-the-off-switch-for-sweet-tooth-cocktail-cravings/

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When researchers gave mice and monkeys an added dose of a mammalian liver hormone called Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), both species voluntarily went off sweets, even artificial ones. And mice previously hooked on alcoholic beverages were more content with plain water after the hormone therapy. The results, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, follow a series of studies that suggest FGF21 is a key metabolic regulator that may be helpful in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes. Clinical trials are already underway.

 

[Club Rat]

3 hours ago, iacas said:

And mice previously hooked on alcoholic beverages in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.

OMG, I'm doomed.

Goodbye everyone.

[mvmac]

Very interesting stuff.