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Could dessert with breakfast be the easiest weight-loss hack?
You’ve probably heard it a million times: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”
I know I heard it every weekend as a kid, every time my mother sat me down at the table before letting me run outside to play.
Well, it turns out that this bit of wisdom is absolutely correct, especially if you’re watching your weight.
If you eat steak and eggs for breakfast, your body will burn more of those calories than it would if you ate the same meal for dinner.
Not only that, but eating more in the morning, especially protein and healthy fats, will help regulate your blood sugar levels, even if you are diabetic.
And, get this: chocolate cake to start your day may help you keep off the weight you’ve lost!
Hard to believe? Not ready to break out the cake yet?
Let’s take a look at the research behind these claims.
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You burn more calories at breakfast
Research that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism showed that eating a big morning meal rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar.
In a three-day study, German researchers had 16 men start by consuming a low-calorie breakfast and a high-calorie dinner, then switch to a high-calorie breakfast and low-calorie dinner in a second round.
“Our results show that a meal eaten for breakfast, regardless of the number of calories it contains, creates twice as high diet-induced thermogenesis as the same meal consumed for dinner,” said Dr. Juliane Richter of the University of Lübeck in Germany, the study’s author.
In other words, in the morning, our body expends twice as much energy digesting food and storing and using nutrients, as it does in the evening.
The researchers also found that blood sugar and insulin spikes were less after breakfast than after dinner. And, eating a low-calorie meal in the morning increased the subjects’ appetite for sweets.
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Diabetic? Don’t skip breakfast!
Previous research had already discovered the connection between eating a good breakfast and controlling blood sugar levels.
Israeli researchers found that, when people with type 2 diabetes ate a breakfast containing protein and fats for a period of 13 weeks, their blood sugar levels dropped, along with their blood pressure.
About one-third of those who ate a big breakfast were able to cut back on the amount of diabetic medication they needed. In contrast, about 17 percent of those who ate a small breakfast had to increase their medication during the course of the study.
Protein and chocolate cake spell weight loss success
“The goal of a weight loss diet should be not only weight reduction but also reduction of hunger and cravings, thus preventing weight regain,” said Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz, principal investigator of an Israeli study that puts an interesting twist on dieting.
Nearly 200 non-diabetic obese adults were randomly assigned to eat one of two low-calorie diets. Both diets had the same number of calories but differed mainly in what they ate for breakfast.
One group ate a 304-calorie breakfast with only 10 grams of carbs. The other group ate 600-calorie with 60 grams of carbs, including a small sweet, like a cookie or a piece of chocolate cake
The “breakfast with dessert” diet had 45g of protein, while the other had only 30g.
Halfway through the eight-month study, participants in both groups lost an average of 33 pounds. But in the second four months of the study, the low-carb group regained an average of 22 pounds per person, while those who ate dessert with breakfast went on to lose another 15 pounds each.
And, the “hunger hormone,” ghrelin, dropped by 45.2 percent in the chocolate-for-breakfast group, compared to a drop of only 29.5 percent in the low-carb group. Sounds better than suffering through the side effects and outrageous cost of Wegovy!
One suggestion I have is to try a chocolate cake or muffin recipe with extra virgin olive oil. The flavor is light and you’d be replacing the saturated fat from most recipes with healthier unsaturated fat. That’s better for your brain and your body.
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By Joyce Hollman
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