In this article I m trying to scientifically figure out weather breakfast or dinner is an important meal for weight loss.Is the familiar phrase “Eat breakfast like a king and dinner like a pauper”? true. Well, according to a new study published in the journal obesity., if you want to lose weight, that may be the way to go.
Ninety-three obese women were provided with a 1,400-calorie diet for twelve weeks. The participants were divided into two groups; half ate 700 calories at breakfast, 500 calories at lunch, and 200 calories at dinner, while the other half ate the reverse: 200 calories at breakfast, 500 calories at lunch, and 700 calories at dinner. Both groups lost weight, however, the large breakfast eaters lost substantially more (18 pounds compared to 8 pounds) and lost more inches from their waists (3 inches versus 1.4).
The study is highly controlled as in our daily life it is difficult to limit our meal to 200 calories.It is said that breakfast revs up your metabolism in the morning,staved off hunger which is beneficial in losing weight . on the contrary..
In a new study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Nutrition Obesity Research Center and other institutions found that eating or skipping breakfast had no effect in how much weight was lost over a 16-week period.
If we eat less calories at dinner ( with less carbs) the energy utilized in maintaing the basal rate of the body is more than the energy consumed and hence may aid in weight loss.
So the secret to weight loss is healthy breakfast of about 500 calories and small dinner 3 hours before sleep.
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