Researchers have discovered that our desire for dessert, even when full, is controlled by the brain. The same brain cells ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck ...

When eating sugar, the body's own opiate known as ß-endorphin was activated. "This acts on other nerve cells with opiate ...

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have now discovered that what we call ...

You lean back from the dinner table, feeling like you physically couldn’t fit another bite in – but then someone offers pie ...

Learn more about how craving sugar after dinner might actually have a biological explanation.

Scientists have found a way to help the body make more of an Ozempic-like fullness hormone to cut cravings and improve health.

Discover how POMC neurons trigger dessert cravings by releasing ß-endorphin, and explore implications for obesity treatment ...

Study results indicated that controlling diabetes with insulin helps to prevent the emergence of antibiotic-resistant S.

A sugar produced by soil bacteria may be able to stop the loss of skin pigment caused by vitiligo. Injecting the molecule into mice with the autoimmune disease slowed the rate of the rodents ...