Research Article
Lean on Leptin or Lean for Sugar
Ana Domingos* | |
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA | |
Corresponding Author : | Ana Domingos, Ph.D Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue 305 New York, NY 10065, USA E-mail: dominan@rockefeller.edu |
Received March 25, 2013; Accepted April 22, 2013; Published April 24, 2013 | |
Citation:Domingos A (2013) Lean on Leptin or Lean for Sugar. J Obes Wt Loss Ther 3:166. doi:10.4172/2165-7904.1000166 | |
Copyright: © 2013 Domingos A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Abstract
Dieting has a significant impact on the reward value of food. New pre-clinical studies using optogenetics show that leptin regulates the reward value of sugar, suggesting that leptin reconstitution during weight loss may curb the reward value of sugar.