Researchers of University of Melbourne said that they believed that human bodies may have an innate system in place to limit excessive weight gain caused by eating fatty foods.
However, the system only works in response to saturated fat in a normal diet and would not stop obesity in people who ate fat and sugar-laden diets.
Researchers from the university`s Molecular Obesity Laboratory found that an enzyme in the liver increased when fatty foods were consumed and sent a signal to the brain to reduce appetite-stimulating genes, according to Australian news agency AAP.
The overall affect was that after fat was consumed the brain told the body to reduce its food intake, thereby limiting weight gain.(Online news pk)
