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You don't even really need a study because it's common sense. Hungry people are slower in all respects and much more prone to anxiety and aggression. Who hasn't
by a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
You don't even really need a study because it's common sense. Hungry people are slower in all respects and much more prone to anxiety and aggression. Who hasn't experienced this?
Most heart attacks and strokes occur in the wee hours of the morning. This is because fasting and darkness both increase stress hormone levels. Stress is highest early in the morning. Eating a good breakfast such as with orange juice and cereal helps rapidly normalize stress and boost the metabolic rate.
As a weight loss strategy skipping breakfast is bunk, anyway. The data consistently shows people who eat breakfast are thinner. Kids who eat breakfast cereals are thinner.
- hollerith 12y ago>Most heart attacks and strokes occur in the wee hours . . . because fasting and darkness both increase stress hormone levels. Not true. The wikipedia article on cortisol: "In humans, the amount of cortisol present in the blood undergoes diurnal variation; the level peaks in the early morning (approximately 8 am) and reaches its lowest level at about midnight-4 am, or three to five hours after the onset of sleep." (Cortisol is by far the most important "molecular barometer" for stress in humans.)
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoWhat's not true? There you have it, stress levels are highest in the morning. It's a good reason to eat and lower them.
- oe 12y ago"The wee hours" mean the hours immediately after midnight, when cortisol levels are at their lowest.