The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Marksissons and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

What's messing with your appetite? Three possibilities.

Although a few weeks ago, I explained how stop eating so much is bad weight loss advice,

and how calories in calories out, tells us very little about the cause of obesity.

The fact remains, for whatever reason, and there are many, people who gain weight have eaten

more energy than they've expended. Something is causing them to eat more food than they need.

Something is making them hungrier than they need to be, desirous of more food than they require

for sustenance and weight maintenance. What could it be?

There are the basic remedies, eat more protein to promote satiety, reduce carbs, increase fat,

get enough sleep and limit stress as best you can. These are proven ways to normalize your

appetite, but you already know about them.

I also have a few speculatory ideas that you may not have considered, and today I'm going to

discuss them. Before dawning your skeptic hats and demanding randomized control trials,

remember that these are theoretical appetite perturbers.

Most of the ideas I propose draw on in vitro studies examining potential mechanisms,

observational studies looking for hypotheses, circumstantial evidence, and the occasional controlled

trial. These are not intended to and the occasional controlled trial.

These are not intended to be absolute statements of truth.

These are conversation starters that get you thinking and experimenting.

They may work. They may not work.

They are, however, safe to explore on your own.

Grain protein fragments causing leptin resistance.

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