Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Protein Satiety Rumour

Does eating protein really stave off hunger?

Rumour: Eating protein helps you feel full and reduces your appetite.

Reality: It’s true! Fruit fly scientists tracked down two specific neurons that detect when you’ve eaten protein and how much and tell the brain to stop eating. Read all about it here!

Li X, Yang Y, Bai X, et al. A brain-derived insulin signal encodes protein satiety for nutrient-specific feeding inhibition. Cell Reports. 2024;43(6). doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114282

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Joanna Mulvaney PhD
Joanna Mulvaney PhD
Joanna Mulvaney worked as a bench researcher for much of her career before transitioning to science communication. She completed a PhD in developmental biology focusing on cell signaling in cardiogenesis at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, before moving on to study axial skeleton development and skeletal myogenesis at King’s College London and regeneration of auditory cells in the ear at University of California San Diego Medical School, USA and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. When it comes to scientific information, her philosophy is: make it simple, make it clear, make it useful.
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