Break the fast
Did you eat breakfast today? How about yesterday? If you answered "No," you may be interested to learn that starting the day off with a substantive meal can help keep your weight in check.
The American Journal of Epidemiology reports that participants in a recent study who sourced 22 to 50 percent of their total daily calories from their breakfast gained an average of only 1.7 pounds over a four-year span. By contrast, those who did not eat breakfast -- or only sourced up to 11 percent of their daily calories from breakfast -- gained about three pounds.
Researchers posit that eating a meal after a long period of fasting -- as in, sleeping through the night, skipping breakfast, and then eating at around noon -- releases excess amounts of insulin, leading to fat storage and, as a recent Japanese study revealed, prevents the breakdown of stored fats.
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5-09-2008 @ 1:39PM
Nova11 said...
Breakfast is super important! I used to be the kind of person to rush in the morning and never eat anything until around 10 or 11am...and by then im starving and eat everything in sight. Not good obviously. Recently...i have gotten into the eating 5 small meals a day kick...and let me say that it has helped LOADS!! I eat a small breakfast at around 8am...and snack at 10am...then lunch at around 12:30-1pm....another snack at around 3pm and dinner falls at about 6pm. Because i fuel myself up evenly all day long...i dont ever really feel super hungry! Before all this, i would feel hungry all day long and it wasnt a comfortable kind of hungry...but a painful nagging empty feeling. It was awful. Going to 5 small meals...and making sure to always eat breakfast has worked wonders!! I feel great!
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