According to a new study, the hunger hormone that turns people into hangrier versions of themselves may also lead to foolish financial decisions - via healthing_ca healthing health healthnews hunger hungry hormones
. When you don’t get enough sleep, ghrelin levels rise alongside the level of the lipid endocannabinoid. “This acts on the brain in a similar way to marijuana, making the act of eating more enjoyable, especially in the evening. But it increases hunger for specific types of foods, such as cookies, candy, and chips,” the foundation said.
After eating, subjects were required to fill out a questionnaire involving hypothetical financial decisions. Some of the questions gave participants a choice between receiving a small reward immediately or waiting a few weeks for a much larger payday. Healthy girls and young women with high ghrelin levels were most likely to opt for the immediate reward, a decision that researchers said pointed to impulsive decision-making.
“This will hopefully inspire future research into its role in food-independent human perception and behaviour,” Plessow said.The hunger hormone that turns people into hangrier versions of themselves may also lead to foolish financial decisions, according to a new study. The research, which is being presented this week at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, found that ghrelin — also known as the “hunger hormone” — may also alter the brain’s ability to make certain decisions. “Our results indicate that ghrelin might play a broader role than previously acknowledged in human reward-related behaviour and decision making, such as monetary choices,”
, the study’s co-investigator and an assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
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