Big Breakfast Alters Appetite, Gut Health (cambridge.org)

Interesting but they had no control.

19 participants.

The abstract begins, "Growing evidence supports early eating to control appetite and energy balance". What does that mean? My unskilled reading of it is that there is recent evidence that eating breakfast helps with weight loss. But I'm confused because there was a 2019 meta-analysis that found that eating breakfast does NOT help with weight loss. https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l42

It sounds like this study might have been funded by.... Big Breakfast.

I'll see myself out.

TLDR: A weight loss diet centered around a big breakfast yields weight loss results. That breakfast loaded with protein made you feel fuller and suppressed your appetite (which helps you follow a diet), where a fiber loaded diet produced more beneficial gut bacteria.

The study has a pretty small sample size, but it seems well designed and matches what you'd expect.

study says we should do a real study

"big meal alters appetite" is a hell of a conclusion. Definitely going to need to study that one.

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Big, if true.

Countries known for big breakfasts: USA, Turkey.

Countries known for light or skipped breakfasts: France, Japan, China.

I think I'll wait for a more thorough study.

Intermittent fasting + eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper worked miracles for me.