An article last week, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901659.html?referrer=emailarticle detailed a study which concluded that a very large breakfast, including lots of carbohydrates, actually helped obese women lose weight as opposed to the women who ingested a much lesser breakfast with less carbs.
The article referred to higher levels of serotonin in the morning causing less carb cravings resulting in people not wanting to eat as much breakfast, but as the day progresses and serotonin levels drop, people start reaching for more food sources. If they were to satisfy their carb requirments in the morning, there would be less food ingestion later.
My feelings on this? Not sure yet. Clearly, I am not quite certain we should be encouraging our patients to eat Captain Crunch in the morning with the donut as a way of losing weight. The article sure makes it seem it is a simple as this. IT IS NEVER SIMPLE.
I will try contacting the lead article writer to get some more info. In the meantime, PLEASE always take internet articles/study summaries for what they are: PRELIMINARY data to be looked at with interest pending more data.
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I think the best thing about your program is it requires real change which takes real work but the outcome is real lasting results!
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