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> Skipping breakfast is found to be slightly more beneficial than skipping dinner Beneficial in what way? A couple of quotes from the article you linked: "In
by kmmlng 4y ago
> Skipping breakfast is found to be slightly more beneficial than skipping dinner
Beneficial in what way?
A couple of quotes from the article you linked:
"In contrast, higher postprandial insulin concentrations and increased fat oxidation with breakfast skipping suggest the development of metabolic inflexibility in response to prolonged fasting that may in the long term lead to low-grade inflammation and impaired glucose homeostasis"
"Increased fat oxidation, despite higher postprandial insulin concentrations with breakfast skipping, suggests the development of metabolic inflexibility in response to prolonged fasting that may increase metabolic risk over time."
"Altogether, the present results support the association between breakfast skipping and disturbed glucose homeostasis, which is not explained by a positive energy balance."
This isn't exactly my domain of expertise, but it does not sound all that beneficial to me. Of course, something can be beneficial in one way and problematic in another. Further, I would caution against selectively reading a single article.
- balfirevic 4y ago> Beneficial in what way? In a way that I won't be going crazy trying to fall asleep while hungry. On the other hand, it's easy to skip breakfast - when I start to get a little hungry (say two hours after waking up) tea or coffee will avert that feeling easily. And feeling hungry is also much easier if I know a nice meal awaits an hour later. All of this combined means it's much easier to not overeat during the entire day. This is all personal of course, others might feel exactly the opposite.
- hbn 4y agoI tend to have a black coffee in place of breakfast, in part because I just tend to not be hungry in the morning (and sometimes feel sick if I do force myself to eat), but also I feel like for most people having breakfast has very little affect on how hungry/how much you eat at lunch. So I take the calorie savings of not eating breakfast for what they are.