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Since the article stated that 50% of adults account for cinnamon toast crunch I'm thinking it's because we're realizing that even if we do eat it, we're still h

Since the article stated that 50% of adults account for cinnamon toast crunch I'm thinking it's because we're realizing that even if we do eat it, we're still hungry within an hour. After building the habit of eating a solid breakfast, I noticed others followed the same pattern I did; eat two big meals and feel too nauseated in the morning to eat. edit: the eating two meals part was during my cereal phase.

rhinoceraptor 10y ago
It's really freeing to realize you won't die if you skip a meal.
- paulddraper 10y ago
  Your mental and physical stamina will be reduced though.
  - nommm-nommm 10y ago
    Depends on what your body is accustomed to.
  - VeejayRampay 10y ago
    Not really no. Our bodies have not evolved since the point in time where the access to food was much more difficult, it is perfectly adapted to not getting energy intake regularly.
    - paulddraper 10y ago
      That's just not true. I can run much farther if I ate my previous meal than if I didn't. And the effects of skipping breakfast on the cognition of children have been studied ad nauseam. A lengthy list: http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearning.pdf http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearn...
      - rhinoceraptor 10y ago
        > I can run much farther if I ate my previous meal than if I didn't If anything I would think the reverse to be true. Runners and cyclists eat sugar gels instead of 'real food' because gels are easier to digest, and all the energy you spend on digestion isn't spent on the activity.
        paulddraper 10y ago
        They generally only do that during activities or shortly (30-60 minutes) before. Gels are eaten rather than "real" foods to match the glycemic index to the rate of energy expenditure. In any case, this really only applies to lengthy activities, where glycogen is exhausted. It doesn't matter for a 5k or even a 10k run.
  - rhinoceraptor 10y ago
    If you have trained your body to expect food every 5 hours, sure. If humans could not survive short (letalone prolonged) periods of fasting, we would not have survived very long. How are you supposed to hunt an animal if you get light headed and lose mental faculties when hungry?

rhinoceraptor 10y ago

It's really freeing to realize you won't die if you skip a meal.

paulddraper 10y ago
Your mental and physical stamina will be reduced though.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Depends on what your body is accustomed to.
- VeejayRampay 10y ago
  Not really no. Our bodies have not evolved since the point in time where the access to food was much more difficult, it is perfectly adapted to not getting energy intake regularly.
  - paulddraper 10y ago
    That's just not true. I can run much farther if I ate my previous meal than if I didn't. And the effects of skipping breakfast on the cognition of children have been studied ad nauseam. A lengthy list: http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearning.pdf http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearn...
    - rhinoceraptor 10y ago
      > I can run much farther if I ate my previous meal than if I didn't If anything I would think the reverse to be true. Runners and cyclists eat sugar gels instead of 'real food' because gels are easier to digest, and all the energy you spend on digestion isn't spent on the activity.
      - paulddraper 10y ago
        They generally only do that during activities or shortly (30-60 minutes) before. Gels are eaten rather than "real" foods to match the glycemic index to the rate of energy expenditure. In any case, this really only applies to lengthy activities, where glycogen is exhausted. It doesn't matter for a 5k or even a 10k run.
- rhinoceraptor 10y ago
  If you have trained your body to expect food every 5 hours, sure. If humans could not survive short (letalone prolonged) periods of fasting, we would not have survived very long. How are you supposed to hunt an animal if you get light headed and lose mental faculties when hungry?