Is It True That You Should Eat A Big Breakfast?
Posted On February 9, 2016
This is a whopper. In fact, its a whopper with cheese.
Here’s what we hear:
You need a big breakfast. In fact, as the saying goes, you should “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.”
Follow @willclower
But no healthy culture does that. No healthy culture encourages its people …
- to eat their largest meal of the day in the morning, or
- to eat a big breakfast at all.
Just saw this study result, and it confirms what you see out in the world:
extended morning fasting does not cause compensatory intake during an ad libitum lunch, nor does it increase appetite during the afternoon. Morning fasting … reduced concentrations of the appetite-stimulating hormone-acylated ghrelin during the afternoon relative to lunch consumed after breakfast.
Science to English Translation:
If you’re not hungry in the morning, and you don’t eat, that does not make you more likely to eat more at lunch, or after lunch for that matter.
Caveats:
This was one study, in an obese population. Plus, everyone is different, so your individual mileage may vary. However, this study does ring true with other healthy cultures, such as in the Mediterranean region. This gives it the advantage of having common sense on its side.
For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website.
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
About The Author
