Eating within 30 minutes of waking--fact or fiction
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samfez2358
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My question is rather simple..I have heard so many people say that you have to eat within 30 minutes of waking to jump start your metabolism for the day. On the other hand, I have read that you should eat only when you are hungry. So which one is right?
I get up at 5:30 each morning have a cup of what my husband calls fruu fruu coffee (1 cup milk, 1 cup cold brew and sugar free salted caramel syrup, but I am usually not hungry until 8:00 so that is when I have been eating my breakfast.
Just trying to figure things out.
I get up at 5:30 each morning have a cup of what my husband calls fruu fruu coffee (1 cup milk, 1 cup cold brew and sugar free salted caramel syrup, but I am usually not hungry until 8:00 so that is when I have been eating my breakfast.
Just trying to figure things out.
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Meal timing is personal preference3
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Easy answer. You don’t have to kick start your metabolism with an early breakfast. Old wives tale.12
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Never heard that advice before. Eat breakfast when you feel like you want to. The only meal timing advice I believe works for me is not eating too close to bedtime. Give my body a chance to digest before sleep. Otherwise, eat when you're hungry.1
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Not based on fact, meal timing and meal frequency comes down to personal preference. There's lots of people who do well with IF/OMAD and don't eat until much later in the day and are hitting their diet and fitness goals.0
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The pros and cons of meal timing are 99% personal preference. Do what you like, and what sets you up for success. This *kitten* is hard enough as it is... no reason to make it harder by following arbitrary "rules".6
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Your metabolism doesn't shut down at night if you're not dead, so it doesn't need kickstarting in the morning. Eat breakfast whenever you want, or don't eat it at all if you're not a breakfast person.4
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Fiction4
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General rule is that 95% of the talk about metabolism is complete twaddle including "jump starting".
While you are alive your metabolism is running.
If you aren't hungry first thing then eat later when you are.
And the myth that breakfast is "the most important meal of the day" came from people trying to sell their breakfast cereals.11 -
Your body doesn’t need a “kickstart.” The lack of trust that some people have in their body’s ability to perform the same tasks it’s been doing their whole life is astounding.4
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Fiction!5
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Anything that tells you you need to jump start your metabolism is fiction.
Meal timing is preference.3 -
I'm curious how many people actually think their metabolism stops functioning entirely overnight.
I feel like this is one of those words that some people can pick on and take a bit too literal.0 -
My highest blood sugar numbers are before breakfast, due to the “dawn phenomenon” where my enthusiastic liver dumps glycogen directly in to my blood stream.
No kick start needed!
Bodies are amazing.4 -
100% fiction. Your metabolism doesn't stop or "sleep" when you do.
Also, metabolism has nothing to do with digestion. If you're alive and your body is functioning, it is metabolizing.4 -
Your metabolism isn’t a battery and doesn’t need a jump start. It’s happening all the time without you needing to do anything special to make it work. If your metabolism stopped, you would be dead.1
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Even if it were true, a cup of milk is indeed breaking your fast.
But it isn't true.3 -
Your metabolism doesn't need "jump started"...it's not a car battery. Your metabolism is working 24/7.2
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Ficton.
And coffee can be an appetite suppressant for me, not hungry till way later in the morning. Drink your coffee and eat your breakfast at what ever times work best for you.3 -
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General rule is that 95% of the talk about metabolism is complete twaddle including "jump starting".
While you are alive your metabolism is running.
If you aren't hungry first thing then eat later when you are.
And the myth that breakfast is "the most important meal of the day" came from people trying to sell their breakfast cereals.
Growing up i was convinced of that breakfast idea. its taken me years to out grow that habit. I notice now if i have breakfast i want to eat more all day.4
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