Researchers led by Sa Kan Yoo at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have discovered that the natural turnover of gut cells in fruit flies depends on how much food the flies get, rather than on any specific nutrient. They found that gut cells were replaced more frequently when nutrient levels were low and the insides of gut cells were fluid and watery.

Researchers led by Sa Kan Yoo at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have discovered that the natural turnover of gut cells in fruit flies depends on how much food the flies get, rather than on any specific nutrient. They found that gut cells were replaced more frequently when nutrient levels were low and the insides of gut cells were fluid and watery.

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    “With these findings, we introduce the concept of ‘viscosatiety,’ in which gut cells sense their satiety or hunger based on the viscosity of the cytoplasm and adjust their status accordingly.”

    So regardless of nutrient, if your gut gets the correct nutrient and very little water it will think its satisfied.???

    • altphoto@lemmy.today
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      3 hours ago

      So experiment… Don’t drink water during a meal, wait until you feel satisfied, then drink water. Or drink water first, then food only, then wait until satisfaction to drink water again.