Weight loss: Eating breakfast at THIS time can help get rid of belly fat and shed pounds
WEIGHT loss is down to what you eat, but researchers have found the time food is consumed can also have an impact on how successful dieters are.
Weight loss: Eating breakfast at a certain time of day can help dieters lose weight
Eating breakfast before a particular time of day can boost weight loss, it has been discovered.
This is because it kick-starts genes linked to slimming down.
An Israeli study discovered eating before 9.30am improves the expression of genes that help people lose weight.
It also improves blood glucose and insulin levels, which could help prevent type 2 diabetes.
Proper meal timing could lead to an improvement of the entire metabolism of the body and facilitate weight loss
Writing in the published research, study author Daniela Jakubowicz, from Tel Aviv University, said: “When breakfast is skipped, genes related to weight loss are less expressed, leading to blood sugar spikes that can cause weight gain regardless of what people eat for the remainder of the day.
“Proper meal timing - such as consuming breakfast before 9:30am - could lead to an improvement of the entire metabolism of the body, facilitate weight loss, and delay complications associated with type 2 diabetes and other age-related disorders.”
Researchers from TAU and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem analysed 36 volunteers.
Half of these were obese, and all of them suffered from diabetes.
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Participants ate breakfast and lunch on day one, and just lunch on day two.
Blood tests were taken on both days to measure their internal body clock genes, glucose levels, and insulin levels.
Results showed eating breakfast boosts the express of genes linked to weight loss, and eating first thing improves blood glucose and insulin levels.
Ms Jakubowicz continued: “When breakfast is skipped, genes related to weight loss are less expressed, leading to blood sugar spikes that can cause weight gain regardless of what people eat for the remainder of the day.
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“Our study shows that breakfast consumption triggers the proper cyclic clock gene expression leading to improved glycaemic control.
“The circadian clock gene not only regulates the circadian changes of glucose metabolism, but also regulates our body weight, blood pressure, endothelial function and atherosclerosis.
“Proper meal timing - such as consuming breakfast before 9:30 am - could lead to an improvement of the entire metabolism of the body, facilitate weight loss, and delay complications associated with type 2 diabetes and other age- related disorders.”