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Food vs man

2013; Elsevier BV; Issue: 2928 Linguagem: Inglês

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Mark Peplow,

Diet and metabolism studies

Peplow finds out that what people eat can exert surprising amounts of control over one's mind and body. As a consequence, some researchers are calling for a nutritional rethink. They argue that it would be useful to think of food as being like a cocktail of hormones that influence multiple aspects of biology, including metabolism. One of those researchers is Randy Seeley, an obesity specialist at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. By understanding how these nutri-hormones work, he says, they could perhaps design diets to tip the scales in their favor. The idea could also have implications for treating illnesses linked to poor diet, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even certain types of cancer. If Seeley is right, nutrition science is on the brink of a new era.