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What's interesting to me is that there is strong support from data that skipping breakfast causes many people to eat more later, in particular eating more carbs

by kaitai 4y ago

What's interesting to me is that there is strong support from data that skipping breakfast causes many people to eat more later, in particular eating more carbs/sugar/snack foods. I have to wonder to what extent a planned 16:8 window where you're conscious about having a good "break-fast" meal is different than simply running out of the house without a meal plan in place. It is very clear from the data that simply "not eating breakfast" does not lead to better outcomes. I also find it interesting that the gender of the mice was not specified. If we're talking about hormonal profile changes, this will matter. When intermittent fasting was very popular, a number of women in "the scene" with a vested interest in making IF work noted that while initially it was great, they eventually started experiencing adverse effects, and often felt better on a 14:10 window instead. Agree with you on the last paragraph re: your experiences. I've needed to substantially change what I eat due to some health challenges, and blood sugar is huge. Protein in the morning (rather than something like oatmeal) is key for me. A dozen eggs a week and my hereditarily-high cholesterol went down, too. Sorry oatmeal folks!

esperent 4y ago
> there is strong support from data that skipping breakfast causes many people to eat more later, in particular eating more carbs/sugar/snack foods. There's a big difference between skipping breakfast one time and habitually skipping breakfast. The body adapts. You no longer feel hungry in the mornings and you develop new eating patterns - since most people doing IF are focused on health, these are likely to be healthy eating patterns that don't include lots of sugary snacks. Apparently this adaptation takes the form of the liver learning not to expect breakfast after waking and producing glucose at that time, although I have not personally checked the research on this. I've been doing IF 16:8 for about a year now. I rarely eat processed sugar (except a good croissant a few times a week). Even some fruits like ripe mango taste too sweet to me now. From personal experience and discussing this with other people, if your fear is that you'll end up getting so hungry that you'll stuff your face with junk, it's not a valid fear beyond the first week. To avoid this I would suggest easing into it. Eat breakfast an hour later for a few days, then two hours later, and finally combine it with lunch.

by kaitai 4y ago

esperent 4y ago

> there is strong support from data that skipping breakfast causes many people to eat more later, in particular eating more carbs/sugar/snack foods. There's a big difference between skipping breakfast one time and habitually skipping breakfast. The body adapts. You no longer feel hungry in the mornings and you develop new eating patterns - since most people doing IF are focused on health, these are likely to be healthy eating patterns that don't include lots of sugary snacks. Apparently this adaptation takes the form of the liver learning not to expect breakfast after waking and producing glucose at that time, although I have not personally checked the research on this. I've been doing IF 16:8 for about a year now. I rarely eat processed sugar (except a good croissant a few times a week). Even some fruits like ripe mango taste too sweet to me now. From personal experience and discussing this with other people, if your fear is that you'll end up getting so hungry that you'll stuff your face with junk, it's not a valid fear beyond the first week. To avoid this I would suggest easing into it. Eat breakfast an hour later for a few days, then two hours later, and finally combine it with lunch.