Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Is breakfast really necessary? I work with computers most of the day which requires hours of sitting. Eating breakfast in the morning tend to make me sluggish even if it's low-carb. I experimented with skipping breakfast and I find that I have more energy. At first hunger was an issue but that went away in a few days. By skipping breakfast I figured I am reducing my caloric intake by 25% as long as I don't overeat during lunch and dinner. Have anyone else tried this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 I'm just the opposite. If I skip breakfast I'm a food craving zombie all morning. With a good breakfast I can put off eating my next meal for 6-8 hours with no ill effects or hunger. --- In , " " <joeasian@y...> wrote: > Is breakfast really necessary? I work with computers most of the > day which requires hours of sitting. Eating breakfast in the > morning tend to make me sluggish even if it's low-carb. I > experimented with skipping breakfast and I find that I have more > energy. At first hunger was an issue but that went away in a few > days. By skipping breakfast I figured I am reducing my caloric > intake by 25% as long as I don't overeat during lunch and dinner. > Have anyone else tried this? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 I skip both breakfast and lunch, eating only one meal per day. I've been doing this for over a year and it's quite do-able for me. I gradually worked into this by having small breakfasts and lunches, consisting of almost no carbs (mainly nuts and whey protein for each, with an added apple at lunch). With the low carbs, I found I wasn't really hungry anyway, so I just decided to skip them and never looked back. Another reason for me doing only one meal per day was so I could concentrate my protein intake rather than spread it out over the day. I read on PubMed that elderly people (not young people) may improve nitrogen balance and protein synthesis by using a " pulse protein " feeding pattern. (Go to PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ and search for the phrase " pulse protein " ) Well, I guess I am approaching the elderly years (just turned 50) and have always had a low amount of muscle. Since the trend is to lose muscle as we age, I have been doing some weight training and concentrating my protein intake during the day. I think this practice is helping me and might be something to consider to slow the inevitable. Doug Younkin --- In , " " <joeasian@y...> wrote: > Is breakfast really necessary? I work with computers most of the > day which requires hours of sitting. Eating breakfast in the > morning tend to make me sluggish even if it's low-carb. I > experimented with skipping breakfast and I find that I have more > energy. At first hunger was an issue but that went away in a few > days. By skipping breakfast I figured I am reducing my caloric > intake by 25% as long as I don't overeat during lunch and dinner. > Have anyone else tried this? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Some folks strongly advocate breakfast, as multiple studies show success with long term weight loss (and increased intellectual function , in children, anyway) assocociated with it. However, many CR practitioners eat only once a day, or frequently fast, or just don't eat breakfast. Whatever works for ya! >From: " " <joeasian@...> >Reply- > >Subject: [ ] Breakfast necessary? >Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 16:38:15 -0000 > >Is breakfast really necessary? I work with computers most of the >day which requires hours of sitting. Eating breakfast in the >morning tend to make me sluggish even if it's low-carb. I >experimented with skipping breakfast and I find that I have more >energy. At first hunger was an issue but that went away in a few >days. By skipping breakfast I figured I am reducing my caloric >intake by 25% as long as I don't overeat during lunch and dinner. >Have anyone else tried this? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 > Doug, I am unable to pull up the abstract relating to pulse protein and would > love to read a quick digest of what it says suggesting that seniors benefit > from a certain scheduling of protein ingestion. I am very senior. Thanks. Peg Peg, There are three papers at the Journal of Nutrition and all are freely available online. The first one, from 1999, studied pulse protein feeding for a group of women whose average age was 68. They found that by concentrating 80% of the daily protein into the lunch meal, protein synthesis immproved. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/69/6/1202 The second paper in 2000 studied young women (average age 26), also using pulse protein feeding. Concentrating 80% of the daily protein at lunch did not improve protein synthesys as it had for elderly women. http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/130/7/1700 The third paper in 2002 studied young and old male rats to see which tissues were affected by pulse protein feeding. They found that pulse protein feeding increased protein systhesis in the liver for both young and old rats. But gastrocnemius muscle (calf muscle in humans) synthesis improved only in old rats. http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/132/5/1002 Lots of variables here and the papers above don't say that one meal per day is better than three. Each person must make their own decisions, and one method may not give the same results for everyone. Doug Younkin two groups of women: the average age of one group was 26 years and the average age of the other group was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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