Follow Up on Set-Point Theories: Could Royal Jelly Help With Obesity / Diet Induced Structural Brain Changes?
The colleagues over at ergo-log.com dug up a 2009 study ( Narita. 2009 ) on the endocrine effects of royal jelly supplementation on rats. You may now wonder "Why is he suddenly beginning to writing off information about old studies on other sites?" Well, my interest in this study relates to my recent appearance on Carl Lenore's Super Human Radio show (I know, I promised a write-up /just have to find the time ;-) and diverges from the original interpretation the anonymous author over at ergo-log provided. As you may have heard on the podcast, the most significant finding of the Ravussin study ( Ravussin. 2011 ) was the down-regulation of pro-opiomelanocortin [ POMC] neurons in the hypothalamus , which went hand in hand with weight gain and weight loss and is associated with a reduction of the metabolic rate to levels at which further weight loss or even weight maintenance become a significant challenge. Here, the findings of the aforementioned study on royal jelly, ...