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Ghrelin rises before expected meals and falls again once food arrives. The figure is taken from NIDDK, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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The stomach releases a hormone that builds hunger

Ghrelin rises before expected meals and falls again once food arrives Ghrelin is produced mainly by cells in the stomach lining and acts on the hypothalamus to stimulate appetite. Its level follows a daily pattern, climbing in the hours before a habitual meal time. Unlike most gut hormones, it increases before eating rather than after. It sits in Mondo's human body collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Ghrelin rises before expected meals and falls again once food arrives. The figure is taken from NIDDK, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a human body fact?: Yes. It sits on the Human Body shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.