Dessert With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss: Study

I'll say it - I am not a fan of this new "study." It boggles my mind it's even being entered into the news stream. The last thing we need in this country is to promote eating sugar, trans fats and toxic, non-nutritious substances. And for breakfast, no less!

 

For me, sugar is an addictive substance. If one bite goes past my lips, my body wants more, more, more. To eat something like a donut first thing in the morning would set me up for a day of failure, of saying, "Well, just one more candy or one more bite of brownie." At least if I eat some sugar at night, I go to bed and don't fight the cravings. The next morning is enough hours away that I don't feel as tempted to keep consuming sugary treats the next day.

 

What do you think? - Jennifer Mulson

 

By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — Starting your morning with a high-protein food and a “dessert” — such as a doughnut or a slice of cake — may help you lose weight and keep it off, a new study suggests.

However, several nutritionists said they weren’t ready yet to embrace the study’s conclusions.

When researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Wolfson Medical Center in Israel compared two diet regimens — one featuring a low-carbohydrate breakfast, the other a high-protein, high-carb breakfast — the sweets-with-breakfast group lost more weight after eight months.

“Although dietary restriction often results in initial weight loss, the majority of obese dieters fail to maintain their reduced weight,” wrote the study’s authors.

Diet-related weight loss often triggers hunger and cravings while decreasing suppression of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates hunger, the researchers said. This may encourage weight gain. But, “a high protein and carbohydrate breakfast may overcome these compensatory changes and prevent obesity relapse,” they concluded.

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Jennifer Mulson is the managing editor of Marmapoints.