How the Atkins diet works, and the relationship with peptide YY

This article from aldoushuxley came from The Economist print edition and discusses how the peptide YY may play a role in the effectiveness of the Atkins diet. The article points out in its outset that the main reason Atkins works is due to appetite suppression and not ketosis, which I already knew from a medical journal article my wife, who is a doctor, gave me last year.

But this peptide YY thing sounds interesting. Apparently it's a hunger-regulating hormone that is released in higher concentrations after a meal high in protein, and the study quoted in the linked article appears to demonstrate that hunger is suppressed with the introduction of this peptide YY.

Dustin

(x-posted here to lowcarb and also here to atkins_diet)