>if you are going to exercise strenuously in a given day you had better eat some kind of breakfast whether your body feels like it or not Or what? As someone

>if you are going to exercise strenuously in a given day you had better eat some kind of breakfast whether your body feels like it or not Or what? As someone who has undertaken week long fasts while participating in competitive sports with no discernible performance difference, I'm skeptical. Your body doesn't "run out of fuel" because you haven't eaten for 12 hours. Everyone is different. These rules of thumb, including breakfast being extra special, are silly.