And yet I actively avoid the smoked varieties of Yoruba mate because of the potential carcinogenic effects of the smoked varieties . Glucagon like peptide one as I mentioned earlier can suppress appetite . But what this paper shows is it does that by at least two mechanisms through parallel pathways .
And just know that it's operating through two mechanisms on the body , through mild gut distention to make you feel full and on the brain to increase satiety or make you feel less hungry . And then for everybody , not just those that are interested in appetite suppression . I think it's important to understand that these parallel pathways are fundamental to how we are organized .
So for those of you that are curious papers published in the journal Nature Science and Cell are considered the sort of Super Bowl Stanley Cup and NBA Championships of publishing . And this paper entitled an inter organ neural circuit for appetite suppression illustrates a very important principle that I think everyone should know about . And that's the principle of so called parallel pathways , parallel pathways as the name suggests are pathways that could be neural pathways or hormonal pathways or otherwise that operate independently of one another to accomplish a common goal .
And by way of a pathway that goes from the gut up to the hypothalamus . This little cluster of neurons about the size of a marble that sits above the roof of your mouth is also suppressing appetite through brain mechanisms . So this is really beautiful , right ?
What is glucagon like peptide ? One , it is a peptide which is a small little protein that can dramatically suppress appetite . So that's why these drugs are being explored and are showing quite impressive results for things like treatment of type two diabetes and other forms of diabetes as well as obesity .
