From the "International Journal of Obesity, March 30, 2010" - apparently there may be benefits to a High-Fat Breakfast. Researchers studying the effects in mice, stated that a high-fat breakfast may be better than a carb-heavy breakfast. The study found that mice that ate a high-fat breakfast didn't have cardiovascular risk factors such as, weight gain, insulin resistance, high cholesterol, and high triglycerides - while the ones that ate carb-heavy breakfasts did. According to the study, eating a high-fat diet in the morning turned on fat metabolism but also helped the mice respond more efficiently to carbs during the day. High-carb breakfasts, on the other hand, made it hard for them to use fat efficiently later in the day.
I find this interesting since much of the time people that are overweight spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to eliminate fat from their diets completely. This study seems to allude that fat eaten at one strategic point in the day may hold untapped benefits for us!
I'm definitely going to keep a watchful eye for more on this topic ;-)
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