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appetite

The desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Physiology: - involves a) GI tract b) many hormones including 1] leptin 2] ghrelin 3] PYY & GLP-1* 4] orexin 5] cholecystokinin c) central nervous sytem d) autonomic nervous system * PYY & GLP-1 released by L-cells in the ileum in response to dietary fiber suppressing appetitite [2]

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References

  1. Wikipedia: Appetite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appetite
  2. Dagbasi A, Byrne C, Blunt D et al Diet shapes the metabolite profile in the intact human ileum, which affects PYY release. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Jun 19;16(752):eadm8132. PMID: 38896603 Clinical Trial. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adm8132