Want to cut flab? Gorge on a healthy breakfast everyday and the bigger the bowl, the better the result, says a new study.
Researchers have found that women who eat around half of their daily calories in the morning lose more weight in the long term as compared to those who start their day with just a small breakfast. What's more is that good breakfasters are less likely to pile the pounds back on, the study found.
According to the researchers, eating a morning meal packed with protein and carbohydrates not only cuts cravings
for sweet or starchy foods later in the day but also boosts the metabolism in the body.
Lead researcher Daniela Jakubowicz said that popular diets which merely restrict carbohydrates often fail because
they do not curb cravings for calorie-rich foods.
The researchers at Hospital de Clinicas in Venezuela have based their findings on an analysis of the breakfasting
habits of 100 obese young women, British newspaper the Daily Mail
Halfway through the eight-month study, the women eating small breakfasts had lost an average of around five pounds more than the big breakfast dieters. But their lead did not last. After eight months, the small breakfasters had regained an average of 18 pounds. In contrast, the big breakfasters continued to lose weight, shedding another 16.5 pounds on average.
At the end of the study, those eating big breakfasts had lost more than 21 per cent of their body weight compared
with just 4.5 per cent for the other women, the researchers found in their study.
In addition, women on the big breakfast diet reported feeling less hungry, especially before lunch, and having fewer cravings for carbohydrates.
