A certain type of cell in our body controls our metabolism and helps decide whether we are hungry or not. This could lead to a drug for controlling obesity.

thundara: Sorry, maybe I'm missing something in the article, but how on earth are they sure that our entire metabolism is controlled by that one protein, especially given that most biological systems have many mechanisms of regulation?

Research shows that GPRC6A molecules are involved in measuring the body’s uptake of proteins, which fuel our metabolism.

It measures the uptake of proteins? So if I only down low-protein foods, will I never feel full? My nose smells bullshit.

The discovery is neat in its own right, but I just don't understand where they made the logical jump to it being the "single protein [that] controls our metabolism".

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