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Desserts: Here's why we can't resist them

2025-02-18 21:36:00, Shëndeti CNA

Desserts: Here's why we can't resist them

How many times has it happened to all of us to feel full from food, but always with that famous space in the stomach for dessert. It is precisely this "dessert stomach" located in our brain that was sought by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research, as reported in the scientific journal "Science".

One study showed that a group of nerve cells, called POMC neurons, were responsible for this insatiable appetite for sweets.

The scientists also performed brain scans on volunteers who were given a sugar solution through a tube. They found that the same brain area was activated in humans as it was in animals. In this area of ??the human brain, there are many opioid receptors near satiety neurons, just as there are in animals.

"From an evolutionary perspective this makes sense: sugar is rare in nature, but it provides quick energy. The brain is programmed to control sugar intake whenever it is available," explained Henning Venselau, head of the research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research.

The new findings are expected to be important in terms of new therapeutic approaches against obesity. "There are already drugs that block opioid receptors in the brain, however the weight loss achieved is smaller compared to injectable appetite suppressants. We believe that a combination of the new findings with existing drugs or other treatments could be very beneficial. However, we need to do further studies," concluded Dr. Fenselau. /CNA 





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