“…carbohydrate, fat, and protein in the diet) (Erdmann et al 2003, Monteleone et al 2003, Erdmann et al 2004, Greenman et al 2004 as well as the nutritional status of ruminants and monogastric animals. Interestingly, ingestion of a high-protein (HP) diet has been shown to increase plasma ghrelin levels in sheep, humans, and rats (Erdmann et al 2003, VallejoCremades et al 2004, Takahashi et al 2012 and ghrelin synthesis in rats (Vallejo-Cremades et al 2004), even though a HP diet decreases GH secretion in wethers (Takahashi et al 2012), suppresses food intake in humans and rodents (Paddon-Jones et al 2008, Journel et al 2012, enhances satiation more than a carbohydrate or fat diet does in humans (Westerterp-Plantenga et al 1999), and induces complex signals including neuropeptides and metabolic hormones secreted from the gut in response to nutrients, blood amino acids, and metabolites (Journel et al 2012). Thus, the effects of elevations of ghrelin levels following ingestion of a HP diet are highly controversial and the detailed mechanism by which the protein diet stimulates ghrelin secretion is unclear.…”