Not exact matches
Recently, also the composition of
gut microbiota has shown to be associated with energy balance, the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes, potentially
via changes of the FA metabolism or
via release of
gut - derived
hormones (56).
The vagus is responsible for triggering your sensation of fullness, or satiety
via a
hormone called leptin which is released in the
gut as part of digestion and stimulates the vagus.
The brain influences
gut activity through direct communication
via the nervous system as well as through
hormone secretion.
Also important to test cortisol levels, as this
hormone largely regulates our
gut immunity
via Secretory IgA.
Selenium is necessary both to strip iodine from thyroid
hormone in the white blood cells, and to maintain (
via the enzyme glutathione peroxidase) the function of the antioxidant glutathione which protects both white blood cells and
gut cells from ROS.
Lauric acid has a major effect on satiety and energy intake
via CCK and GLP - 1 (two
gut hormones involved in satiety) by increasing their concentrations.