"Sleep deprivation sends our brain into survival mode—we’re more likely to crave junk food when we’re tired, and we produce more grehlin (the ‘hungry’ hormone) and less leptin (the ...

The key lies in selecting foods that help regulate appetite hormones like leptin - which signals fullness - and ghrelin - which triggers hunger - explained Ulrike Kuehl, head of nutrition at Lumen.

Using a mouse model of the disease, May-yun Wang et al. 1 tested the effects of treating diabetes with another hormone, leptin. Leptin is secreted by fat cells and is known for modulating energy ...