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.
Reading: Finding the Main Idea. The main idea sentence of a paragraph tells what the paragraph is about. The other sentences are details. Read the story and find the main idea. (Grade Level 6) There are 40 questions in this activity. Practice several at a time.