21.   To stimulate appetite, patients can take Marinol, a synthetic version of THC that comes in pill form, or Megace, a derivative of the hormone progesterone.

22.   Today, bitters are often blended with soda or fruit juice as an aperitif to stimulate the appetite, and are also taken straight as an after-dinner digestive.

23.   People with illnesses such as cancer and AIDS claim that marijuana helps to relieve pain and stimulate appetite.

24.   A Malaysian student of Islamic theology wants an herbal custard to stimulate his appetite.

25.   As it is known to stimulate appetite, many infected people have reported that they had gained weight after eating the bitter melon fruit.

26.   Injecting the hormone in rodents makes them eat right away, but ghrelin has not been proven to stimulate appetite in people.

27.   Since neuropeptide Y stimulates appetite, some scientists have proposed using drugs that interfere with it as an obesity treatment.

28.   So far, the biggest effect has been to stimulate the appetite for gambling in Connecticut.

29.   The Beacon gene produces a protein that stimulates the appetite.

30.   Another study, this one by the University of Geneva, found that obese animals have a high level of neuropeptide Y, which stimulates appetite.