Health Hazards of obesity and Herbal Treatment

Now we know, a little better, the regulation of body fat. The center director is at the base of the brain (hypothalamus), where many signals are integrated, mainly: • Signals from the adipose tissue itself where there is secretion of a hormone, leptin, which regulates our appetite and perhaps our energy expenditure. • Signals from hormones synthesized in the pancreas (insulin and glucagon) and in gastro-intestinal. • Finally the central peptides, especially neuropeptide Y: this protein is one of many hormones that regulate feeding behavior. Produced in excess in obese mice, it is associated with a more frequent feeding and a parallel increase of fatty tissue. When weight regulation is disturbed, and we grow till obesity, it is

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