Study Suggests , Workout Intensity , Could Affect Appetite Control.<br />A study published in 'Nature' attempts <br />to determine how some workouts can help <br />people control how much they eat.<br />'The New York Times' reports that a team <br />of international scientists suggest a single molecule <br />produced while exercising can blunt hunger.<br />More of those molecules are produced <br />after strenuous workouts than in <br />light or moderate workouts.<br />The molecule, named lac-phe <br />by scientists, is a mix of lactate <br />and the amino acid phenylalanine. .<br />The results are fascinating and add <br />a new dimension to our thinking about <br />exercise and body-weight regulation, Richard Palmiter, Professor of biochemistry <br />at the University of Washington in Seattle, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />We always knew that our current menu <br />of molecules that appear to regulate <br />appetite and food intake, such as leptin, <br />ghrelin, etc., was incomplete and this new <br />metabolite/signaling molecule <br />is a potentially important addition to that list, Barry Braun, the executive director of the Human Performance Clinical Research Lab at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, via 'The New York Times'.<br />The 'NYT' points out that the study does not <br />determine how lac-phe might interact with <br />brain cells or how long its effect lingers. .<br />Jonathan Z. Long, a professor of pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine and senior author of the new study, suggests the findings make evolutionary sense.<br />If you’re sprinting from a rhino or some <br />other threat, the autonomic nervous system <br />yells at the brain to shut down digestion <br />and any other unneeded processes, Jonathan Z. Long, a professor of pathology at Stanford <br />University School of Medicine and senior author <br />of the new study, via 'The New York Times'.<br />If you’re sprinting from a rhino or some <br />other threat, the autonomic nervous system <br />yells at the brain to shut down digestion <br />and any other unneeded processes, Jonathan Z. Long, a professor of pathology at Stanford <br />University School of Medicine and senior author <br />of the new study, via 'The New York Times'.<br />According to Dr. Long, the findings <br />suggest that "intensity matters” <br />for exercise and appetite control
