Dieting Starves Your Brain Cells, Turning Neurons Into Self-Cannibals
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Health • August 2011 • Views: 846
Trouble sticking to your diet? It may not be entirely your fault. Scientists, reporting in the journal Cell Metabolism, have now learned that when you starve yourself of calories, your brain cells also starve, causing your neurons to begin eating parts of themselves for energy. The self-cannibalism, in turn, cranks up hunger signals.