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It’s no secret if addicts who want to stop the bad habit is often complain weight gain. Apparently it is related to the ability of nicotine in the brain disrupt the cells in charge of giving a signal when the stomach is feeling full.

The new mechanism known to the researchers who published his research results in the journal Science. This discovery by accident known scientists from Yale University while researching nicotine in mice. The animal suddenly began to eat less when nicotine substance enters his body.

In the brain, nicotine will be attached to various receptors on the cell surface, as well as on the reward (reward) so that gives pleasure and makes a person want to repeat it.

In addition it also binds to nicotine receptors on the nerves that regulate appetite, which is not related to the effects of addiction. Nerve section is located in the hypothalamus and sends a signal full after eating so that we can arrange when to stop.

This explains why smokers often feel hungry when they’re sucking cigarette. When they want to quit smoking, many smokers who started eating more, so that the average weight gain up to 5 pounds after quitting.

Although the weight gain experienced relatively moderate, but according Picciotto this can hamper a person’s motivation to quit smoking. By knowing the mechanism of nicotine in the brain, is expected to be created drugs to escape from the habit of smoking that can work specifically on receptors in the brain.
Such drug is already available in the regions of Eastern Europe are made from herbs. However, these drugs have side effects.

“The receptors were also associated with the body’s stress response that can cause side effects like high blood pressure,” says Marina Picciotto, a researcher from Yale.

He added, smoking has many adverse effects such as triggering cancer, heart attacks and various chronic diseases longer. Because it grew a little weight he is nothing to worry about.

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