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Dessert with breakfast HELPS your diet (by beating cravings)

Dessert with breakfast HELPS your diet (by beating cravings)

  • Hunger hormone levels dropped further among participants allowed a sweet treat in the morning

By Claire Bates

PUBLISHED: 10:06 EST, 26 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:13 EST, 26 June 2012


Adults who were allowed to have a cookie or cake with breakfast as part of a low-calorie diet lost more weight in the long-run than those who were not allowed a dessert

Adults who were allowed to have a cookie or cake with breakfast as part of a low-calorie diet lost more weight in the long-run than those who were not allowed a dessert

Good news for dieters - having a sweet treat at breakfast can actually help you lose pounds and keep them off for longer.

Scientists followed 200 non-diabetic obese adults who were randomly assigned to eat one of two low-calorie diets.

Although both diets had the same number of daily calories - about 1,600 for men and 1,400 for women - one included a large breakfast with a sweet treat such as a doughnut while the other allowed for a larger meal later in the day.

The researchers from Tel Aviv University said those who consumed the carbohydrate and protein-rich 600 calorie breakfast were more successful at sticking to their diets than those who had the 300 calorie morning meal.

They found that halfway through the eight-month study, participants in both groups lost an average of 33 pounds per person.

However, in the last four months of the study, the small-breakfast group regained an average of 22 pounds while the participants who ate the dessert with breakfast went on to lose another 15 pounds each.

Lead author Dr Daniel Jakubowicz, said: 'The goal of a weight loss diet should be not only weight reduction but also reduction of hunger and cravings, thus helping prevent weight regain.'

The study subjects who ate the dessert with breakfast diet reported feeling less hunger and fewer cravings compared with the other group.

Subjects' food diaries showed that the dessert with breakfast group had better compliance in sticking to their calorie requirements.


Blood tests also revealed levels of ghrelin, the so-called 'hunger hormone,' dropped by 45 per cent in the dessert group compared to 30 per cent in the other group.

Dr Jakubowicz attributed the better results from the dessert with breakfast diet to meal timing and composition. He said the diet's high protein content reduced hunger; the combination with carbohydrates left the participant feeling full, while the dessert kept sweet and fat cravings under control.

This study was published in the March issue of the journal Steroids.

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Most Brazilian women I see on TV are pretty tubby

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Makes sense to me. If I had to diet I think I'd like to have something sweet. I don't like those diets where you can't have anything with sugar.

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I find this is true for me. If I don't eat something sweet in the morning I can guarantee that I eat at least twice as many sugary treats before bedtime.

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That must be why Brazilian women look so good. Cakes are a regular part of a Brazilian breakfast.

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