Which foods are high in leptin?
Losing weight isn’t as difficult as it sounds — it’s trying to keep it off for good that’s the real challenge. Eating is a powerful drive. If you’ve lost a lot of weight, you’re probably familiar with that intense sense of hunger, which just won’t go away. The usual advice to just “eat less” is a lot easier for me to write than it is for you to do. One of the hormones responsible for the increase in hunger is known as leptin. Leptin (the Greek term for thin) is a hormone released by your fat cells. When you lose fat, leptin levels drop. When you gain fat, leptin levels rise. Once leptin has been secreted by your fat cells, it travels to the hypothalamus. This is the part of your brain that controls eating behavior. Once it’s there, leptin activates anorectic nerve cells, which suppress your appetite. At the same time, leptin prevents orexigenic cells from stimulating your appetite. Although it interacts with a number of hormones and has other important functions, the role of leptin in
