Drugs from gila monster lizard saliva reduces cravings for chocolate and ordinary food. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 05 / 120515165405.htm ...

Gila monster saliva reduces food cravings. By CLAIRE BATES . Published: 07:38 EDT, 16 May 2012 | Updated: 07:38 EDT, 16 May 2012 . 30. ... The Gila monster is the largest lizard in North America.

A naturally occurring compound in the saliva of the Gila monster lizard helps reduce food cravings, by downgrading how rewarding a sweet treat is to rats, new research suggests. After ingesting ...

In the wild, a Gila monster can live upwards of 20 or more years. With human care, ... They also have a low metabolic rate, which allows them to search for food less frequently.

Amylin used Eng's Gila monster research to create a synthetic hormone, called extenatide. Extenatide was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2005 to treat type 2 diabetes.

A 34-year-old Colorado man died last month after getting bitten by a Gila (pronounced HE-la) monster. Christopher Ward’s death may have been the first from a Gila monster in the US in almost a ...

Drugs from Gila Monster Lizard Saliva Reduces Cravings for Chocolate and Ordinary Food A drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster lizard is effective in reducing the craving for food. Researchers ...

Drugs Made From Gila Monster Lizard Saliva ‘Reduces Food Cravings' Can Lizard Saliva Combat Junk Food Cravings? Kyrsty Hazell — The Huffington Post UK. 16/05/2012 09:08am BST.