Posted on 03/31/2010 6:52:50 PM PDT by Steelfish
A High-Fat Breakfast of Bacon and Eggs May Be The Healthiest Start To The Day, Report Shows
A high-fat breakfast of bacon and eggs may be the healthiest start to the day, a new university report showed.
31 Mar 2010
For the first meal eaten after a night's sleep appears to programme the metabolism for the rest of the day, the researchers found. And the age-old maxim "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper" may in fact be the best advice to follow to prevent metabolic syndrome, according to a new University of Alabama at Birmingham study.
Metabolic syndrome is characterized by abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease-risk factors. The study, published online March 30 in the International Journal of Obesity, examined the influence exerted by the type of foods and specific timing of intake on the development of metabolic syndrome characteristics in mice. The UAB research revealed that mice fed a meal higher in fat after waking had normal metabolic profiles.
In contrast, mice that ate a more carbohydrate-rich diet in the morning and consumed a high-fat meal at the end of the day saw increased weight gain, adiposity, glucose intolerance and other markers of the metabolic syndrome. "Studies have looked at the type and quantity of food intake, but nobody has undertaken the question of whether the timing of what you eat and when you eat it influences body weight, even though we know sleep and altered circadian rhythms influence body weight," said the study's lead author Molly Bray, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health.
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Love it.
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Adversus solem ne loquitor.
The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.
Never had grits, but I won't give up my hashed browns. They can take my hashed browns from my warm, happy hands.
Actually, there is some new information that it’s not fat that’s bad for you.
But that it’s the consumption of too much Omega-6 and little, if any, Omega-3, in American diets.
“Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them”
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/09/02/segments/139857
Give a listen.
Her research showed that if you want to lose weight you should eat your carbs early in the day. Your dinner should not contain a lot of starches like potatoes and pasta
Funny you should mention that... since, he HATED broccoli. But, did eat plenty of fresh beans and greens from his garden.
HIST Grandfather lived to be 111.... I'm not sure what he ate, but... I know bourbon was a staple in his diet. :-)
Hold the toast.
How old are you now?
This guy begs to differ: http://www.arthurdevany.com/
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