Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection
Title:Cravings for fatty foods traced to gut-brain connection
Author:Mengtong Li, Hwei-Ee Tan, Zhengyuan Lu, Katherine S. Tsang, Ashley J. Chung, Charles S. Zuker
Abstract:A dieter wrestling with cravings for fatty foods might be tempted to blame their tongue: the delicious taste of butter or ice cream is hard to resist. But new research investigating the source of our appetites has uncovered an entirely new connection between the gut and the brain that drives our desire for fat.