The Claim
Increased dietary fat intake enhances leptin signaling, which reduces caloric intake through improved satiety.
What the research says
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Higher consumption of dietary fat increases leptin signaling, resulting in lower food intake due to greater feelings of fullness.
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Increased dietary fat intake enhances leptin signaling, leading to reduced caloric intake through improved satiety.
Eating more fat causes the body to become less responsive to insulin, which makes the pancreas release more insulin. The extra insulin tells fat cells to produce more of the fullness hormone leptin and tells the stomach to make less of the hunger hormone ghrelin. With more leptin and less ghrelin, the brain receives a stronger signal to stop eating, leading to reduced food intake.
What the research says
2 studiesThis study found that when women with PCOS ate more fat, their bodies produced more of the 'fullness hormone' (leptin) and less of the 'hunger hormone' (ghrelin), which means they were likely to feel fuller and eat less.
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