If you think skipping your morning tea and toast will help you shed a
few pounds, you could be mistaken.
Researchers claim people who miss breakfast not only eat more for lunch
but also crave fatty and sugary foods, putting them at risk of gaining rather
than losing weight. Scientists at Imperial College London scanned the brains of
21 volunteers while they looked at pictures of different foods, such as salads
and chocolate.
They also had to rate the foods' appeal. The volunteers were then given
an all-you-can-eat pasta lunch. Those who had missed breakfast ate around 250
calories more - the equivalent of a chocolate bar. They also found high-calorie
foods more tempting, the Society for Neuroscience's conference heard. The
researchers said this showed the volunteers would have picked out unhealthy
foods if they hadn't been given the pasta meal, packing away even more
calories.
The MRI scans showed the region of the brain which tells us how
important a certain food is, called the orbital frontal cortex, became more
active when the volunteer had skipped breakfast. It became particularly active
when a volunteer was thinking about calorific food. It is thought that when we
skip meals, our gut releases hormones that act on the orbital frontal cortex,
which tricks us into thinking we need sugary and fatty treats. Researcher Dr
Tony Goldstone said: 'Beware of going for long periods without eating because
you are going to crave high-calorie foods much more because of changes in your
orbital frontal cortex.'
NZ Herald
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I am really surprised from your think because I am not understanding how can we gain weight without eating too much. I feel, if we want to gain weight, then we should eat more and more. I think, morning breakfast plays an important role to take some energy.
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Hi David, I understand your point, however, the tendency is that where one skips breakfast, he may eat more at lunch, than he would have ordinarily eaten. There is also the tendency to indulge in high calorie foods and sugary products. Again, the metabolic rate which is normally energized by breakfast slows down when you skip breakfast. I hope this answers your concern.
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