Skipping Breakfast Hinders Weight Loss

A new study has found skipping breakfast causes the brain to crave high-calorie foods later in the day.

Here's an overview of the study:

Twenty (non-obese) people were shown pictures of low calorie foods (fish, salad, etc) and high calorie foods (cake, pizza, etc) and asked to rate their appeal. The test was performed once after a filling breakfast and once after skipping breakfast altogether. Brain imaging was done as part of the experiment.

This research was lead by Dr. Anthony Goldstone from Imperial College London, UK. Here are his observations:

"When people are fasting -- in this case skipping breakfast -- this obviously leads to people being hungrier, but it also leads to greater activity in areas of the brain involved in reward. In addition, we find that when people are fasting they also prefer high-calorie foods to low-calorie foods."

Previous studies have shown that those who skip breakfast tend to be heavier, eat more fatty foods, and gain more weight as the years go by.

You can read the whole article HERE.

This research kind of reminds me of the Lessons from the Sumo: How to Get Fat.