Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,899,491,485 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

appetite
(redirected from appestat)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Legal browser?   Full browser?
 
By contrast, eating a piece of cake, which has no fiber and lots of sugar, never stimulates the appestat to shut down, and consequently your body doesn't know you are full before you have had time to consume two or three pieces of cake.
Fruits That Reduce Your Appetite by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community
Also, your appestat (hunger mechanism) is satisfied for longer periods of time, since it takes longer to digest fiber foods, and therefore you wuf have less of a tendency to snack between meals.
Weight Loss - Foods That Block Fats and Burn Calories by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community
Your digestive system signals its hunger pangs to your appestat - the brain centre that controls the appetite.
Fitness - Inside the Body of a Non-Exerciser by Francis Adam / Health, general community
 
 
 
Legal Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.