PYY And GLP-1 : Gut Hormones Trick Your Brain Into Feeling Full

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 14:30 in Mathematics & Economics

For millenia, science and technology have been mobilized toward a Utopian dream; making food so plentiful and cheap poor people could afford to be fat.Well, they can, and because we have freedom (sort of - some states ban trans fats for your own good) a lot of people are fat; so fat some advocates even insist we should go back to making food too expensive for poor people to eat.  Others contend people should just eat less and keep government out of it.For people who seek a third alternative, there is the awesome power of science.  Maybe taking a pill would do the trick.  read more

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