- Atkins Diet Weight Loss - Protein Triggers Weight Loss Hormone
- Atkins Diet - Insulin Pathway Component Explains Insulin Resistance, Age-associated Metabolic Syndrome
- Atkins Diet Research - "I Want to Prove Dr. Atkins Was Right"
- Atkins Diet and Cholesterol - Cutting Carbs 'Lowers Cholesterol'
- Atkins Diet - Low Carb Diet May Not Weaken Bones, Says Study
- Atkins Diet - Some Try Ultra-fat Diet to Combat Medical Conditions
- Atkins Diet Research - Atkins' Widow to Pay for Trip for Students Who Refused to Sell Candy
- Atkins Low Carb Diet - Low Carb Lives On, at Least for Scientists
Atkins Diet Weight Loss - Protein Triggers Weight Loss Hormone
Thursday, September 7 2006 at 16:01
Eating protein triggers a natural weight-loss hormone, British researchers say.
When released in the gut, the hormone known as PYY reduces hunger. And high-protein foods set off PYY better than other foods, according to Rachel L. Batterham, M.D., of University College London, and colleagues.
Recent studies suggest PYY is part of the solution to obesity. Compared with a normal-weight person, for example, an obese person has to eat twice as many calories to trigger PYY.
"We've now found that increasing the protein content of the diet augments the body's own PYY, helping to reduce hunger and aid weight loss," Batterham says, in a news release.
Find out more about the hormone which triggers weight loss that might explain why the Atkins diet works.