Neurons that turn off hunger are only activated if you eat certain foods!
With the beginning of October, we definitively stop being on vacation, and we enter the phase of losing the pounds acquired on vacation. How to get back to a flat stomach? Which diet will be effective?
According to a recent discovery, the result of the work of scientists from the University of Warwick, which was published in the journal Molecular Metabolism, there are neurons that react to specific amino acids. These amino acids, present only in certain foods, would strengthen the sense of satiety.
Could we then perhaps avoid the negative effects of the diet such as these?
What are the neurons of satiety?
The neurons in question are called tanicites and produce the sense of satiety when they sense the presence of specific amino acids (yes, the famous protein building blocks), in particular the presence of two of them: arginine and lysine. Tanicites are present in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain already known for its influence on the control of metabolism and appetite.
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Foods that activate satiety neurons
Lysine and arginine, which would activate tanicites, are found in foods such as: chicken, fish, beef, lamb, milk, cheese, beans, brewer's yeast, bean sprouts and most fruits and vegetables that contain more lysine than arginine. For peas, jelly, chocolate, coconut, white flour, peanuts and soy we have more arginine than lysine. We also find them in foods such as cod, apricots, avocados, almonds and lentils. Although research suggests, therefore, that using these amino acids the appetite can be extinguished more quickly, it is always advisable to consult a doctor before making nutritional choices of any kind, especially if aimed at losing weight.
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