How weight-loss surgery reduces sugar craving
Weight loss surgery curbs sugar craving by acting on the brain\'s reward system, a new study has found.
New York: Weight loss surgery curbs sugar craving by acting on the brain's reward system, a new study has found.
The researchers found that gastrointestinal bypass surgery is used to treat morbid obesity and diabetes, reduced sugar-seeking behavior in mice by reducing the release of a reward chemical called dopamine in the brain.
"By shedding light on how bariatric surgeries affect brain function, our study could pave the way for the development of novel,
less-invasive interventions, such as drugs that reduce sugar cravings by preventing sugar absorption or metabolism upon arrival in the gastrointestinal tract," said senior study author Ivan de Araujo of Yale University School of Medicine.
Bariatric surgeries are more likely to succeed when patients substantially reduce their caloric intake, and reducing sugary foods is an important part of these behavioural changes.
