Different Foods Increase or Decrease Leptin Levels
July 6, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Leptin Hormone
More fat in the diet decreases leptin levels while a diet higher in carbohydrates increases leptin levels according to a study. Leptin, made by the body’s fat cells, is thought to help contribute to satiety, a feeling of fullness.
Leptin and Insulin: The Effects of Glucose and Fructose
July 5, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Diabetes, Leptin Hormone
An upcoming study should help reveal how two kinds of sugars in our foods, glucose and fructose, affect the body’s production of leptin and insulin.
Agricultural Research Service chemist Nancy L. Keim, Peter J. Havel and Craig H. Warden, a genetics and pediatrics researcher at U.C. Davis, are collaborating in this leptin and insulin investigation.
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