1.   After carbohydrate cravings during the first few days, he said he no longer missed the potatoes, pasta and rice he once loved.

2.   Carbohydrate cravings are common in dieters, agrees Eileen Paul, a clinical dietician at Group Health.

3.   However, the panel also acknowledged that the proposed drug, designed to curb carbohydrate craving, could help thousands of overweight people.

4.   If brain serotonin is high enough, carbohydrate cravings and appetite are reduced, which helps people lose weight.

5.   Interneuron has developed an antiobesity prescription drug to curb carbohydrate craving.

6.   Not only that, such deprivation eventually will lead to carbohydrate cravings, resulting in weight gain.

7.   Specifically, dexfenfluramine boosts the activity of a brain chemical called serotonin, she notes, adding that a serotonin deficiency underlies both carbohydrate craving and depression.

8.   The drug, which traces its scientific heritage to research performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suppresses carbohydrate craving.