According to a new study published by German endocrinologists, eating a large breakfast rather than a large dinner can prevent obesity and hypoglycemia. These results confirm the idea that certain diets, which prefer a high-calorie meal at the start of the day rather than at the end of the day, have a beneficial effect on maintaining or losing weight.
Our bodies expend energy when we digest food, during the absorption, transport and storage of nutrients. This process, known as Dietary Induced Thermogenesis (DIT), is a measure of how our metabolism works, and may differ depending on meal times.
” Our results show that a meal taken for breakfast, no matter how many calories it contains, creates a thermogenesis induced by a diet twice as high as the same meal consumed for lunch (or dinner according to your region) “Said study correspondent Juliane Richter of the University of Lübeck in Germany. ” This finding is important for everyone because it highlights the importance of eating enough for breakfast “. The results were published on February 19 in the journal Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism of the Endocrine Society.
The researchers conducted a three-day laboratory study, involving 16 men who had eaten a low-calorie breakfast (11% of the individual daily requirement in kilocalories) and a high-calorie evening meal (69% of the individual’s daily need), and vice versa during a second cycle. They then found that identical calorie consumption resulted in a DIT 2.5 times higher in the morning than in the evening after high-calorie and low-calorie meals.
Study protocol on the days of experimentation. Participants had breakfast at 9 a.m., lunch at 2 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Each individual participated in 2 blind conditions: 1) a high-calorie breakfast (69% of total energy expenditure [TEE]) and a low calorie dinner (11% of the TEE), and 2) a low-calorie breakfast (11% TEE) and a high-calorie dinner (69% TEE). Lunch was the same in both cases. Credits: Juliane Richter / University of Lübeck
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The increase in blood sugar and food-induced insulin levels decreased after breakfast compared to dinner. The results also show that eating a low-calorie breakfast increased appetite, especially for sweets (which is therefore harmful).
” We recommend that obese patients as well as healthy people eat a hearty breakfast rather than a high calorie dinner to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases Said Richter.
Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
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