On Sat, 15 May 1999, Monty Montgomery wrote: > I recently read that galanin is a brain hormone > that regulates the body's desire for fat and as > galanin levels rise, so does your desire to eat > foods that contain fat. Is there any information about what causes galanin levels to rise? Is there perhaps a feedback system of some sort? It would be interesting, for example, if it could be shown that low EFA levels trigger this hormone, to initiate fat-eating behaviors. Anyway, this is the first I've heard of it. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]