Re: what's for breakfast?

Kitty,
Did the article say who did the studies? I'm curious, because it matches my experience. I usually start off with Low-fat or Fat-free Cottage cheese and fruit in the summer, and something warm like a 3 egg-white scramble with Canadian Bacon in the winter. If I have cereal or bread first thing, I'm hungry in a couple of hours, sometimes less.
Last week we stayed in a motel that had mostly carbs for breakfast- cereal, waffles, pastries (skipped those!) and bagels. A glass of skim milk helped, but that first afternoon I headed to the local cheese factory for some portable protein. 

Happy New Year, everyone!

d
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:52 AM
Subject: [CHAT] what's for breakfast?
I know this is a gardening forum, but since many of us seem to be a little concerned about our weight I wanted to share these gleanings from the morning paper with you.
The Parade magazine gave a formula for Body Mass Index which says I should weigh somewhere between 98 and 132 pounds. A lot of latitude there, but I'm higher than that so I'm going back to putting more effort into the diet. 

The surprising thing I came across was in the Cook Well, Eat Well column:
"Eat a high-protein, low-carbohydrate breakfast every single day. If you have to pick just one habit, this is it. Clinical studies show that the blood-sugar effect of breakfast has a dramatic affect on appetite all day long. [I knew that and always eat breakfast] Subjects who ate instant oatmeal for breakfast ate a whopping 81 percent more during the day than subjects who ate a cheese omelet, even though the breakfasts had the same calorie count. So ditch the cereal, bagels, muffins, and juice and have some protein, plus a piece of fruit. You'll be less hungry and more energetic all day."
I have cereal every day for breakfast and I don't eat meat until I get home at night. If this is true, perhaps I should reverse it. I'm thinking of trying meat or cheese and fruit or yogurt (contains both the protein and fruit) for breakfast and maybe having my cereal for supper. Any thoughts on this? 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5


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