We have all heard that „breakfast is the most important meal and should not be skipped“. Many of you will also have encountered the opinion that „if you skip breakfast, you'll definitely catch up on calories later in the day“. How much truth there is in these claims, you can judge for yourself after reading the latest research on the subject.
Scientists from Brigham Young University in USA conducted an experiment involving 48 students who don't normally have breakfast. They were divided into two groups - the first group continued to follow their current diet, the second followed the advice of most nutritionists and started eating in the morning.
Breakfast students from the second group started gaining half a kilo of body fat with each month. The reason - they started consuming a greater amount of calories during the day, in most cases in the form of carbohydrates.
A study by British scientists from University of Bath conducted a similar experiment in which participants 24 overweight people.
The experiment tracked whether the morning fasting could be reflected in the acceptance of more calories at lunch. The researchers also measured the participants' feelings of hunger several hours after their midday meal.
After the morning fasting - Not only did they not consume more food at lunch, participants did not experience greater hunger in the hours afterwards.
These two studies may confirm the same thesis, but they still lack tests after physical exertion. To fill this gap, we suggest you take a look with us at the results of the experiment by the American researchers from University of Scranton.
For their experiment, the US scientists observed 12 female athletes aged 18-30.
The Athletes ran 60 minutes on the trail (at 60% of its maximum oxygen consumption) in two different cases - after breakfast and skipping the morning meal.
On the days they didn't have breakfast, the athletes did not experience greater hunger, even the opposite - they consumed less food by the end of the day.
According to the findings of sports researchers from the US and the UK, morning eating is more suitable for people who want to gain weight faster (and yet, if you're looking for a gain in lean muscle mass, you should be especially careful in your food choices in the morning). For everyone else, morning fasting is a proven effective way to reduce body weight (in fat) and maintain good physical shape.
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