Breakfast Might Be The Missing Key To Weight Loss

If you have been working on losing fat (you will understand the importance of focusing on fat loss rather than weight loss if you have read our blogs on this subject) but the results are not happening there may be a simple explanation.

It could be what you have for breakfast.

In the March 2010 GI Newsletter (click on the logo for their blog) there were several very interesting pieces of research.

“Why breakfast is important is that it breaks the longest time your body goes without incoming food so what you eat affects your blood glucose and insulin levels more than meals and snacks later in the day.”

The importance of breakfast cannot be under estimated.

“What you eat for breakfast is what really matters. A healthy low GI breakfast can sustain you until lunchtime, prime your metabolism to burn fat and reduce your day-long insulin levels more effectively than any other single dietary change. It’s easy to put together. It just needs some:

• Low GI carbs. Why? They trickle glucose into the blood stream, fill you up, give you energy and can reduce your day-long insulin levels more effectively than any other single dietary change.
• Protein. Why? It’s the feel-fuller-for-longer nutrient, keeping hunger pangs at bay between meals. It also lowers the glycemic load (by replacing some of the carbohydrate).
• Fruit and/or vegetables. Why? A high fruit and veg intake is consistently linked with better health. If you don’t have some for breakfast it will be hard to achieve your daily target (2 serves of fruit and 5 of vegetables is recommended in Australia, for example)What you eat for breakfast is what really matters. A healthy low GI breakfast can sustain you until lunchtime, prime your metabolism to burn fat and reduce your day-long insulin levels more effectively than any other single dietary change. It’s easy to put together. It just needs some:
  • Low GI carbs. Why? They trickle glucose into the blood stream, fill you up, give you energy and can reduce your day-long insulin levels more effectively than any other single dietary change.
  • Protein. Why? It’s the feel-fuller-for-longer nutrient, keeping hunger pangs at bay between meals. It also lowers the glycemic load (by replacing some of the carbohydrate).
  • Fruit and/or vegetables. Why? A high fruit and veg intake is consistently linked with better health. If you don’t have some for breakfast it will be hard to achieve your daily target (2 serves of fruit and 5 of vegetables is recommended in Australia, for example)

  Choose foods from each column and prime your metabolism to burn fat:”

 

And if all of that is not enough to get you thinking about eating breakfast and what you eat for breakfast then this bit of news will really get you going!

New research published in the Journal Of Nutrition highlights the benefits of eating breakfast before you exercise.

A low GI breakfast prior to exercise increases fat oxidation (the conversion of fat to energy) compared to a higher GI breakfast.

It’s all food for thought.