Leptin is a hormone that makes you feel full. Leptin was only discovered in 1994, and scientists are still working to understand what leptin's role is. In most people the function of leptin is to ...

Ever wondered why sometimes you feel like you could eat a horse or why those cravings just won't quit, even when you're ...

We don’t love labeling foods and beverages “good” or “bad” — not even soda. This sort of black-and-white thinking doesn’t do ...

Researchers Uncover Cause of Leptin Resistance – And How To Reverse It 90% of people with obesity have leptin resistance – new research has found a mechanism involved and a way to reverse it.

Leptin resistance in obesity Leptin interacts with specific leptin receptors to inhibit excess feeding and its elevation and obesity is therefore often thought to indicate a leptin resistant state.

Obesity is defined by chronic low-grade inflammation in the body. Fat cells, particularly dysfunctional ones, release ...

Leptin plays a key role in regulating hunger and energy expenditure but leptin resistance can lead to obesity and other metabolic disorders ...

Elevated leptin levels trigger insulin resistance by activating pro-inflammatory pathways that induce mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress, both implicated in T2DM.

Researchers once hoped they could invent a drug increasing a hormone called leptin that would suppress appetite and reduce obesity. But they ran into a brick wall called “leptin resistance” and moved ...