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Breakfast: Rolled oats with pear, almonds, sunflower seeds and flax seeds
Lunch: Risotto with peas and lemon pickle
Dinner: Pasta with tomato coconut sauce
Baking/sweets: various
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Since it’s the end of the week I thought I would present research findings which I am sure many of you will appreciate, probably had been secretly hoping for, or probably followed already in secret.
An Israeli study has suggested that adding dessert foods such as cakes, cookies or chocolate to a balanced breakfast meal would help control cravings, hence assisting in weight loss dieting.
Over 32 weeks, one hundred and ninety three clinically obese, non-diabetic adults were randomly assigned to one of two diet groups with identical caloric intake — the men consumed 1600 calories per day and the women 1400. The first group was given a low carbohydrate diet including a small 300 calorie breakfast, and the second was given a 600 calorie breakfast high in protein and carbohydrates, always including a dessert item such as chocolate, cake or a cookie.
Although the participants consumed the same daily amount of calories, the participants in the low carbohydrate diet group had less satisfaction, and felt that they were not full, noting that their cravings for sugars and carbohydrates were more intense and eventually caused them to cheat on the diet plan. However, she added that the group that consumed a bigger breakfast, including dessert, experienced few if any cravings for these foods later in the day.”
Dr Jakubowicz, the team leader for this research said that “A meal in the morning provides energy for the day’s tasks, aids in brain functioning, and kick-starts the body’s metabolism, making it crucial for weight loss and maintenance. Breakfast is also the meal that most successfully regulates gherlin, the hormone that increases hunger.”
This study makes sense to me. Sometime ago research showed that those eating full English breakfast had lower cravings for fat and sugar during the day, hence while more calories are consumed in the mornings, less is consumed during the day. Also eating the full English breakfast increased the body’s metabolism.
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Ah so, that's what I've been doing wrong all this time! I've been having dessert all 3 meals a day! Dang! Yup, you were right, definitely a research well worth all that research funds.
ReplyDeleteThe cupcakes are so very pretty!
So you are already practicing the research findings, but taken it a step further:)
DeleteDessert all 3 meals a day - that research is not due out for sometime
Interesting research, they say it's bad to have sweets at night so maybe there's something to it. I might test it out and report back! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI guess, because it affects sleeping and tooth rot?
DeleteYes, testing is the only way to find out:)
Such beautiful cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteAnd delicious to eat too, I am sure
DeleteThis is very interesting. I have always felt less cravings when I had a high-protein breakfast (miso soup with tofu is a good example) and while it's quickly filling for me sweet cakes or croissants or bread with jam makes me always feel hungry. On the other hand I have always known sugar helps to concentrate... The study sounds very convincing. Maybe a bit of dark chocolate added to a morning healthy meal would do the trick?
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice sugar helping me to concentrate.
DeleteSame for me, when I eat just sweets my hunger increases a lot. I guess its empty carbs but when eaten as part of a meal it could/should be different.
It's definitely true that if I totally deprive myself of dessert, I end up craving it more and binging later on things that don't even taste that good! But if I just have ONE cupcake, I can keep it to one cupcake. Which I think is better for me in the long run!
ReplyDeleteIts much better to have that one cupcake for sure
DeleteIncluding dessert on a diet plan???!! That's a WIN in my books!!! hahaha
ReplyDeleteI thought so:)
DeleteShhhhh....don't tell my hubby about that study! I've seen him having a cookie as part of his breakfast, but he doesn't need any ammunition for when I give him the "look." LOL...
ReplyDeleteHahaha, he is a cardiologist, knows thats best for him:)
Deletehaha very interesting research. I'm not sure about sugary dessert necesarily, but I do know carbs help me feel more satisfied. if i try to limit my carbs I just end up craving more!
ReplyDeleteI need to experiment with carbs and see how I react
DeleteRisotto with pickled lemon...I definitely need to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteIts different and nice
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