Friday Favorites: Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss or Should It Be Skipped?

Is the link between breakfast skipping and obesity cause-and-effect? Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies.

Spoiler Alert Ironically, breakfast may indeed be the most important meal for weight loss based on chronobiology, the effects of our circadian rhythms. While we’re on the topic, Which Is a Better Breakfast: Cereal or Oatmeal? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whic.... Find out by watching the video!

Did I pique your interest in chronobiology? If so, you’re in luck:
• Chronobiology – How Circadian Rhythms Can Control Your Health and Weight (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chron...)
• Eat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eat-m...)
• Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/break...)
• Eat More Calories in the Morning than the Evening (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eat-m...)
• How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar Levels (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-c...)
• How to Sync Your Central Circadian Clock to Your Peripheral Clocks (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-t...)

And for some breakfast inspiration, check out A Better Breakfast (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-be..., Dr. Greger in the Kitchen: Groatnola (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-g..., and my recipe videos for a vegetable smoothie (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-g...) and a grain bowl (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/reci...) from The How Not to Die Cookbook (http://nutritionfacts.org/cookbook).

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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