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Tuesday, August 11. 2015

Eating breakfast makes you fat, + QQQ

Growing kids need breakfast. Adults do not, except athletes. A coffee and maybe a smoke is perfect, same as the Italians do.


If you listen to government experts, you can bet you'll be wrong every time: Gov’t recommendations on breakfast were based on basically nothing, probably wrong


I love a good diner breakfast (pancakes, bacon, fried eggs, hash browns with ketchup, white toast) about once a month, but I don't need it. It just makes me tired and useless. My trainer forces me to eat a hard-boiled egg after my morning work-out, so I do that.


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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."


Richard Feynman

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Though Canadian, I lived and worked in the UK for several years. There I developed a fondness for the "Full English" breakfast or a plate of kippers.

But - along with a leisurely read through The Times and The Telegraph - that was pretty much reserved for Saturday mornings: during the week it was just too heavy for my early morning Tube commute.

I suppose my ideal regular breakfast wouldn't be considered too "healthy"either: fresh o.j., a couple of properly-made real croissants, blackcurrant jam and a few chunks of Swiss cheese. Maybe some good thick Greek yogourt (nothing thin with Aspartame in it, thanks).

And strong dark coffee with cream of course!
#1 JJM on 2015-08-11 12:50 (Reply)
Um, I need breakfast. I have low blood sugar issues (not related to diabetes) and the first half of the day is most crucial for me to avoid: headaches, fainting, shakiness, etc.

So, sure, some people don't need to eat breakfast, but some of us do.

The problem is people who claim they 'don't eat breakfast' and then scarf down a candy bar at 10 am. I've seen that one. Or a couple of donuts with that cup of coffee mid-way through the morning.
#2 MissT on 2015-08-11 13:59 (Reply)
Everybody needs something in their stomach after they wake up. It doesn't have to be a full breakfast, but something to let the body know "the fast is over".

Bodies which don't get the trigger begin to enter starvation mode.

I play tennis on Saturday mornings, and I didn't used to eat anything beforehand, but was shagged out by 11. I told people "I'm letting the body burn fat, because I have no carbs or anything in my stomach." My doctor explained that in starvation mode, the body burns muscle and saves fat, which leaves you tired. So it's good to eat something at breakfast just to keep your body informed.

Having a little protein will give you a boost. My stamina at tennis, since having 2 or 3 slices of cheese beforehand, has improved dramatically.

Yes, a large american breakfast is unnecessary. But something, however small, is useful.
#3 Bulldog on 2015-08-11 15:09 (Reply)
I'll add that your mileage may vary. Everyone is different. You need to find what works best for you. Maybe a big breakfast, or no breakfast, is what keeps you going.

But most people, the 'standard', should have something.
#3.1 Bulldog on 2015-08-11 15:10 (Reply)
If I ate anything before a work-out, I would puke.
#4 Bird Dog on 2015-08-11 18:57 (Reply)
If I didn't eat breakfast it would be really difficult to eat my four meals a day. Breakfast is my favorite meal and when we are traveling I love it when the restaurant we stop at serves breakfast for lunch and dinner meals. Two eggs over easy, toast, four bacon hash browns are OK if they are good and two pancakes. Biscuits and gravy instead of hash browns and toast is good too.
#5 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-08-11 19:21 (Reply)
Isn't breakfast just the first meal of the day? I have mine around noon, waking up at about 5:30 am. On Saturdays though, my wife and kids have a big breakfast and I enjoy it too. I guess people would call that brunch because it's usually after 10:00. I just recently learned about the Full English and that sounds like a good Saturday breakfast.

Breakfast for dinner is the best.

I really, really miss having my Pall Mall 100s for breakfast first thing. I don't think I will ever completely stop thinking about them.
#6 Jack Walter on 2015-08-11 23:58 (Reply)
Study shows skipping breakfast is better than eating breakfast? No it doesn't. The study merely suggests that skipping breakfast is better than eating carbs for breakfast, and it's only one study. How about some follow-up studies re-testing the idea and also testing steak and egg or fruit and yogurt or Cheetos and beer breakfasts before we go drawing unwarranted conclusions?

This is my big complaint about the "new study shows" articles - many times the study doesn't actually prove what's claimed and nobody ever reports a year later that six follow-up studies have failed to confirm the first. And it's especially aggravating given that this very article even mentions the "relying on a single flawed study" problem even as its entire premise is built on a single flawed study!
#7 Jerryskids on 2015-08-12 00:29 (Reply)
I've been eating a small bowl of real cereal with OJ and a glass of milk five or so days a week since my Dad taught me to in the late '30s. Real cereal being shredded wheat, bran flakes etc. I've outlived most of those government scientists, if that means anything.
#8 BillH on 2015-08-12 10:34 (Reply)

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