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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I agree with your assessment. I don’t know for sure who’s done it, but for years I’ve advocated eating a good breakfast that’s high in protein. The reason it’s called breakfast is because it’s when you break your fast. If your last meal was at 6 pm, and breakfast is at 7 am, that’s thirteen hours without food, the longest time without eating during the entire day. Your body needs nourishment, and protein burns for energy slowly over the course of the morning. The high sugar breakfasts give a quick start, but don’t provide much nourishment and are gone after about an hour.
I’ve also found that after a good breakfast I’m less likely to want to snack before lunch, and tend to eat a smaller lunch.
“Bacon and eggs is almost all protein.”
With a substantial amount of fat thrown in, too.
Not really. I know a lot of people, myself included who lose weight and don’t get hungry for hours after eating higher fat/protein/low carb diet. It also helps to lower blood sugar readings back to the normal range for many type 2 diabetics.
Carbohydrates kill!
I had a 99% blockage of my LAD that says that’s crap, but I do love bacon.
“Love me, love my dog?”
When I visited Tokyo some years back on business, I was amused to see the Japanese business conference attendees lined up for the hotel’s idea of an “American breakfast” of scrambled eggs, bacon, coffee, etc.
It was horrible.
The Canadian who was with me and I balked out of the “American breakfast” line and went to get what they were serving in the “Japanese breakfast” line, which was some fish, rice, fermented plum paste on the rice, etc.
The Japanese can do many things very well. American breakfasts apparently aren’t one of them.
Well there are exceptions to every objective statement (if that makes sense).
WE HAVE A WINNER>>>>>>>
this has been my breakfast for years with a few exceptions. So many freak out when I cook it and tell me I am going to die young from eating this.
My maternal grandfather ate very little other than ham and eggs and bread and butter, mashed potatoes, and coffee and cigarettes and homemade pie. Occaisionally fried chicken, catfish, trout, or liver.
He dropped dead of a heart attack at age 59. They said he was dead before he hit the ground.
No one burns protein unless they run out of fats and starches.
Sorry to hear of your bad experience. I’ve eaten several times at American Style Breakfast Buffets in Japanese Hotels in Osaka and Tokyo and thankfully, they have always been KICK ASS! Omelet and pancake chefs, eggs, buttered toast, bacon, sausage, hash browns, fresh fruit and pastries etc...
Yum...getting hungry just thinking about it. :-)
Yep. It's from the Sermo Primus of St. Bernard of Clairvaux :-)
Here’s the problem with that theory:
All the added years are on the wrong end.
People who keep wanting us to extend out lives into the triple digits seem to forget that:
1. Ain’t none of us going on the hunt of a lifetime at 100+.
2. If we are still spry enough to chase girls, we’re most likely not able to remember what we’re supposed to do when we catch ‘em.
3. At 120, you’re probably not in good enough shape to wave a Garand at kids making a mess on your lawn, and where’s the fun in that?
Sermo Secundus: Cave Canem.
“So many freak out when I cook it and tell me I am going to die young from eating this.
I love the story about 90-year old grandma who was cooking something with lard when her granddaughter brought a friend over to visit. The friend almost freaked and said, “don’t you know that lard will clog your arteries and kill you?”
Needless to say, the 90-year old lady was quite amused.
BTW, lard is a mostly monounsaturated fat, about 50%, whereas olive oil is about 75% monounsaturated fat.
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