All of us who are trying to lose weight, how we wish we had a “turn off” switch for hunger in the brain that we could manipulate whenever we wanted to shed some extra pounds! Well, it’s not a wishful thinking anymore and there’s no need to rely on medicines or magic pills to turn off this precious hunger switch. We can effectively manipulate the appetite-controlling area of the brain with enzymes, hormones, and proteins, which collectively form the complex hunger switch. A lot of hunger-regulating hormones which are secreted by the brain have receptors in the gut and likewise, a majority of appetite-suppressant hormones that are secreted from the small intestines have receptors in the brain and they communicate through neurons. These hormones carry appetite-suppressing messages from the nerve endings in the gut to the brain and vice versa. In the brain, particularly, in the hypothalamus region, these messages activate a circuit kind of setting that generates sensations of fullness and stop food cravings. Our brain, gut, and body coordinate through sensors in the way of neurons, hormones, and proteins to turn off and turn on the message and alarm system associated with appetite and food. In this post, we look at 14 Ways to Turn Off your Hunger Switch in the Brain.
What are the Appetite-Controlling Hormones Associated with Brain"
It is interesting to note that there are many different parts of the brain within the hypothalamus region of the brai...