Hunger Hormones - who knew!

I have found some very interesting and educational articles recently. Here is one by National Geographic:

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/fat-costs.html

The National Geographic Channel is also running a show called The Science of Obesity on this Sunday at 3pm. I haven't seen the show myself, but I have heard it is very interesting and educational. Here is a link with more about that show:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/science-of-obesity-3082/Overview

Another show that I really like to watch is Big Medicine on TLC. Here's a link to that as well:

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/big-medicine/big-medicine.html

But the most interesting information I have found on gastric bypass and the difference between it and say the Lap-Band is regarding the Hunger Hormones in our body. I had no idea that our body had hormones that control our appetite, our hunger, our physiological reaction to dieting or conversely - over-eating. I can't explain it as well as the experts - so here are some links to some very well written articles on the subject that you may find interesting:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20040712/gastric-bypass-curb-hunger-hormone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3889185.stm

http://news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-2/Hunger-hormone-may-be-key-in-weight-loss-8006-1/

Happy reading!