Nicotine treatment 'could control obesity'

[Tank]

Nicotine treatment 'could control obesity'

Scientists have identified a group of neurons in the brain responsible for smokers' lack of appetite.

In an article in the journal Science, Yale University researchers describe experiments on mice which found nicotine activates neurons to send signals the body has had enough to eat.

However they are not the same neurons which trigger a craving for tobacco.

As a result, the researchers say nicotine-based treatments could help control obesity.

A research team from Yale University School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston performed a combination of molecular, pharmacological, behavioural and genetic experiments on mice...

The thought had crossed my mind that maybe nicotine patches could possibly be used as an apatite depressant. Could be I was correct.

[fester30]

When I was a smoker, it didn't stop me from eating like a pig.  I'm actually eating less, now.  I'm also more active.  The idea that nicotine suppresses appetite isn't surprising considering it's a stimulant.  Caffeine does it, too.  I would imagine there are a lot of things we could use like that.

[Whitney]

When I was a smoker, it didn't stop me from eating like a pig.  I'm actually eating less, now.  I'm also more active. 

Same here.  I think when I was a smoker I tended to confuse food cravings and nicotine cravings and would end up eating more....and is why I gained weight when I quit too. 

Now that the nicotine is out of my system and my body has had time (1.5 years about) to shit back to near normal levels I've been able to get better control of my weight (have lost what I gained quitting; would like to lose a bit more for optimum health then a bit more for vanity) and now have much better lung capacity for activities.

[fester30]

When I was a smoker, it didn't stop me from eating like a pig.  I'm actually eating less, now.  I'm also more active. 

Same here.  I think when I was a smoker I tended to confuse food cravings and nicotine cravings and would end up eating more....and is why I gained weight when I quit too. 

Now that the nicotine is out of my system and my body has had time (1.5 years about) to shit back to near normal levels I've been able to get better control of my weight (have lost what I gained quitting; would like to lose a bit more for optimum health then a bit more for vanity) and now have much better lung capacity for activities.

So I'm not the only one who shits to lose weight