One good breakfast a day keeps weight gain away

If breakfast is your main meal and you skip snack time throughout the day, you are likelier to avoid weight gain, a large population study confirms.

‘Stomach clock’ limits food intake to specific times, study suggests

Researchers say they have uncovered the first evidence that nerves situated in the stomach follow a circadian rhythm and limit a person’s food intake to certain times throughout the day. This is according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

Protein Preserves Muscle And Physical Function In Dieting Postmenopausal Women

Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition-the amount of fat relative to muscle-in better proportion…

Start The Day With A Protein-Rich Breakfast To Reduce Food Cravings, Prevent Overeating Later

A University of Missouri researcher has found that eating a healthy breakfast, especially one high in protein, increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day. In addition, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) the researchers found that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces the brain signals controlling food motivation and reward-driven eating behavior…