Monday, July 15, 2013

 

Want to lose weight? Exercise, skip dinner

The late author and nutritionist Adelle Davis’ famous health tip—“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper”—has gained ground anew, thanks to a new study by researchers from the Czech Republic.
The study, presented during the American Diabetes Association’s scientific session in Chicago last month, revealed that eating two large meals early and skipping dinner may result in significant weight loss than consuming six small meals with the same nutritional and calorie content.
The researchers from the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague followed 54 patients with type 2 diabetes for six months. The study participants were randomly split into two groups. For the first three months, one group ate three main meals—breakfast, lunch and dinner—and three small snacks in between meals. The other group ate a hearty breakfast between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and a filling lunch between noon and 4 p.m.
The two groups then switched for the second three months. The researchers asked the patients not to alter their exercise habits during the duration of the study.
 
 
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