I also found reports linking gelatin with appetite suppression, but not to glycine per se. Glycine is, however, reported to curb cravings for sugar. Japanese scientists have been on the forefront of glycine research, and have discovered that glycine is very useful for those individuals who have trouble staying asleep.
Three strategies that will help you find the main idea are to 1) look for general versus specific ideas; 2) use the topic (the general subject of a section) to lead you to the main idea; 3) use key wordsâverbal clues that lead you to a main idea.
Historical Examples. 1  The main idea in all courses was to do what you had to but no more. 2  All through this their main idea has been not to trouble you. 3  Inevitably it turns to this sort of violence when the uneducated have seized on its main idea. 4  Show how the opening paragraph introduces the main idea of the story.