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From Satiation to Satisfaction: How Gut Hormones and Nerves Create the Complete Feeling of Fullness

ReviewModerate evidence
The takeaway

Gut-brain communication for satiety involves two phases: satiation (stopping eating) through vagal mechanoreception and CCK, and satisfaction (staying full) through GLP-1, PYY, and hormonal signaling — a two-phase fullness system.

Key finding

Post-meal fullness involves two phases: satiation (meal termination via vagal mechanoreception + CCK) and sustained satisfaction (inter-meal fullness

What the researchers found

Post-meal fullness involves two phases: satiation (meal termination via vagal mechanoreception + CCK) and sustained satisfaction (inter-meal fullness via GLP-1, PYY, insulin, leptin) — distinguishing the immediate fullness signal from prolonged appetite suppression for targeted drug development.

Why it matters

Relevant for neuropeptides, glp-1, weight-loss.

How the study worked

review study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

moderate evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2008.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.
  • Clinical translation to evaluate.

Common questions

What was studied?
From Satiation to Satisfaction: How Gut Hormones and Nerves Create the Complete Feeling of Fullness
What was found?
Gut-brain communication for satiety involves two phases: satiation (stopping eating) through vagal mechanoreception and CCK, and satisfaction (staying full) through GLP-1, PYY, and hormonal signaling — a two-phase fullness system.

Read the original research

Vagal and hormonal gut-brain communication: from satiation to satisfaction.

Neurogastroenterology and motility, 20 Suppl 1(0 1), 64-72

Citation

Berthoud, H-R. (2008). Vagal and hormonal gut-brain communication: from satiation to satisfaction.. Neurogastroenterology and motility, 20 Suppl 1(0 1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01104.x