Wake up to the Benefits of Breakfast!

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  • Just_Scott
    Just_Scott Posts: 1,766 Member
    I believe this research is accurate.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    according to findings from the National Weight Control Registery, almost eight in 10 adults who maintain a 30 plus pound weight loss for at least a year eat breakfast every day.

    This is a perfect example of correlation rather than causation. If you read their website you will find most of their respondents have been middle-aged, white females (so not exactly an accurate representation of the general population), and an age group who will have been convinced that breakfast is an essential meal throughout their lives. This is not a controlled experiment in the slightest.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Dear OP, first of all, you shouldn't represent someone else's writing as your own. I looked up the source for you. You're welcome. (Apologies if you happen to work for IFICF and authored this article.)

    http://www.foodinsight.org/linkclick.aspx?fileticket=XJBdt/FvaXE=&tabid=1348

    Second, here is a layman's overview of why eating breakfast is not a good idea for many people. There is a long list of references to research at the end. Cliff's notes: you do not NEED to eat breakfast, and for some people it is actually counterproductive to do so because they end up eating more than they would if they just listened to their bodies.

    http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why-does-breakfast-make-me-hungry.html

    Lest you think I am here to push my own meal timing preferences, I should add that I eat a fairly huge breakfast every day (around 800 calories) and cannot function without it. I do not assume that my preferences would work for other people, however.

    ^^well said.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    Whilst I certainly think eating breakfast has some benefits for many people, particularly those with dysregulated eating patterns and who are not consciously tracking calorie intake, it is by no mean necessary.

    As a general population wide message I think it is a good one though.
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Eating breakfast might not work for everyone. However, you made a good point that breakfast food tends to be healthy. I think it's great to integrate traditional breakfast food into other meals if you skip it. Eggs, oatmeal, milk, fruit, fortified cereal...good stuff.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Eating breakfast might not work for everyone. However, you made a good point that breakfast food tends to be healthy. I think it's great to integrate traditional breakfast food into other meals if you skip it. Eggs, oatmeal, milk, fruit, fortified cereal...good stuff.

    there are plenty of unhealthy breakfast options that you can gorge on ...pancakes, blueberry muffins, donuts, etc....
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    All this aside, I have yet to meet anyone who does a manual job who can function effectively without a breakfast inside them.
  • Florawanda
    Florawanda Posts: 283 Member
    I was brought up on a very old proverb (long before Kelloggs) - "breakfast like a king, lunch like a lord and dine like a pauper" - and the theory being that for many manual workers, you needed that energy boost to enable you to function at work, and did not need it in the evening when for many with no electricity, you went to bed soon after dinner!
    But for most of us now, we are no longer doing heavy manual work, but sit around staring at computer screens all day, so it does no harm if we spread our calorie needs more evenly over the day. The danger is that if you rush off to work having had nothing, you get to the office and need an energy boost mid-morning, and grab the nearest convenient food... which tends to be sugary snacks, which then don't last. So you are caught up in having a series of high cal convenience food snacks, which are also very 'more-ish'.
    So the answer is to take some healthier foods to work with you, banana, oat bars, etc, and avoid the doughnuts and cookies!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    This is really just a load of crap. Meal timing has no significant impact on results. Allowing yourself to get so hungry that you don't make wise choices, on the other hand, makes a hug difference on results (food choices or consumption amounts).
    Eating breakfast might not work for everyone. However, you made a good point that breakfast food tends to be healthy. I think it's great to integrate traditional breakfast food into other meals if you skip it. Eggs, oatmeal, milk, fruit, fortified cereal...good stuff.

    What a "traditional breakfast" looks like is really cultural. Every meal should be well balanced and help you meet your goals. While I do love a good traditional English breakfast (eggs, toast, sausage, tomato, beans, mushrooms), if I ate this every day I wouldn't have the calorie allowance for anything else.
  • lizzzylou
    lizzzylou Posts: 325
    Double post. fail.
  • lizzzylou
    lizzzylou Posts: 325
    Science?

    I do not think it means what you think it means . . .

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    LOL made my day :laugh:
  • lizzzylou
    lizzzylou Posts: 325
    research also suggests that 100% of the people who eat breakfast die....

    Aw man. I'm screwed. Since I eat it daily I'm probably exponetially increasing the rate I'll die at:grumble:
  • april522
    april522 Posts: 388 Member
    I eat breakfast because I have to. I'm hypoglycemic, so if I don't eat, there are side effects. :(
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
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  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member
    There are no benefits to breakfast unless you happen to enjoy eating breakfast, or have a condition in which you must keep your blood sugar levels stable. Some people in fact end up eating more throughout the day when they eat breakfast. What matters is healthy nutrition throughout the week and creating an adequate deficit to lose weight.
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
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    @Playerhatindogooder's-This is my new all time favorite gif, I tip my hat to you sir.
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    Yay! In for internet plagiarism from some derpy pseudoscience.

    No matter what time of day, I always manage to eat a first meal of the day. It usually doesn't occur until close to noon, though.

    Does that still count?

    I was thinking the same thing. So the only way to skip your first meal of the day ("Breakfast") is to not eat for the entire day.
  • bnorris2013
    bnorris2013 Posts: 256 Member
    Personally if I eat breakfast I am starving the entire rest of the day if i wait and eat closer to 10 or 11 then I will be ok

    Frankily comes down to if I eat breakfast I have to make my lunch and dinner smaller to accomodate eating breakfast calories which in turns means I don't eat as much at lunch and dinner which makes me super hungry

    SO for the most part i skip breakfast
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    All good points and studies do show that most people do better eating breakfast. But it's important to remember that not everyone falls into the category of "most people". And if you are one of the minority and force yourself to eat breakfast you may just be adding calories that will ruin your diet.

    If you are hungry, don't skip breakfast just to save calories. But remember that it's not necessary for weight loss or health. As long as you are getting proper nutrition at some point in the day, you'll do fine.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    research also suggests that 100% of the people who eat breakfast die....

    Can you provide a link to those studies?
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    I LOVE BREAKFAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    research also suggests that 100% of the people who eat breakfast die....
    May you live 10 years longer than I...
    and I shall never die :bigsmile:
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.
  • rochellena
    rochellena Posts: 49 Member
    If I eat too soon after waking up, I feel sick to my stomach the rest of the day. If I eat too much (more than an egg and half a cup of greek yogurt) for breakfast, I feel sick to my stomach for the rest of the day. I'm sure for some (even a lot) of people it's great and all, but for me (and many others), it's far from "necessary."

    #TeamBreakfastIsOverrated
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.

    actually there is not...there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism, flames, or anything else you want to call it..
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    research also suggests that 100% of the people who eat breakfast die....

    Can you provide a link to those studies?

    www.youwilldie.com
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.

    actually there is not...there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism, flames, or anything else you want to call it..
    My analytic, rational mind agrees with you completely, but I still feel hungry...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.

    actually there is not...there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism, flames, or anything else you want to call it..
    My analytic, rational mind agrees with you completely, but I still feel hungry...

    well at least we agree..
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    research also suggests that 100% of the people who eat breakfast die....

    Can you provide a link to those studies?

    www.youwilldie.com

    That page was unavailable. :frown:
  • StheK
    StheK Posts: 443 Member
    Breakfast is problematic for me. Glad it works for others, but it's rare that I want it and therefore rare that I eat it. For one thing, I don't like to eat if I'm not actually hungry. That goes against the whole thing I'm trying to accomplish here. For another, I want to eat all evening. If I eat breakfast, I am using up my calories early in the day when I don't even want them, and then feeling deprived in the evening when I just want to munch. I'd much rather have an early lunch when I actually get hungry.

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