• Question: Is it your brain that tells you are full or your stomach

    Asked by R2D2 to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 15 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 15 Nov 2014:


      Our stomach produces a number of hormones with great names like cholecystokinin and ghrelin which are detected by the brain and help us to stop eating. However learnt behaviours like wanting pudding can override these and mean we eat more than might be ideal.

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