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Men may eat more in summer because sunlight makes them hungrier


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"Further investigation of the effect in animals revealed that exposing male mice to UVB radiation, which is present in sunlight, raised levels of ghrelin secretion by fat cells in their skin. This was blocked by the female sex hormone oestrogen, which may explain why the effect wasn’t seen in the female mice or the women."

Men may eat more in summer because sunlight makes them hungrier

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2327982-men-may-eat-more-in-summer-because-sunlight-makes-them-hungrier/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

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