appetite
2 stories tagged "appetite"
Metabolic & Weight
Lilly Turned the Receptor On, Amgen Turned It Off, and Both Strip Weight. The Map Came Four Years Late.
Eli Lilly's tirzepatide switches the gut-hormone receptor on. Amgen's MariTide blocks it. Both drive weight loss, and until a publicly funded Cambridge mouse study, no one had cleanly mapped how one receptor works in both directions.
Metabolic & WeightSame Calories, Different Wiring: Why Fructose Leaves Your Hunger Neurons Running
Glucose flips off the brain cells that drive hunger. Fructose barely nudges them, and the corn-syrup blend in your soda quiets them even better, which is exactly why it's so easy to keep drinking.