Could dessert for breakfast aid weight loss?
Dieters are aware of the risks posed by eating too many sweet treats, but controversial new research suggests a dessert first thing in the morning could actually be beneficial.Scientists at Tel Aviv University conducted a 32-week study involving 193 clinically obese adults, all of whom were assigned to one of two diet groups.
Participants had identical calorie intakes each day; however, the first group were given a low-carbohydrate diet including a 300-calorie breakfast, while the second group consumed a 600-calorie breakfast that was high in protein and carbohydrate and included a dessert such as chocolate.
People in both groups had lost an average of 33lbs by the midway point of the study.
But by the end of the 32-week study period, those who had the larger breakfast and dessert had typically lost 40lbs more than their non-dessert-eating counterparts.
Professor Daniela Jakubowicz, whose findings are published in the journal Steroids, revealed: "The participants in the low-carbohydrate diet group had less satisfaction and felt that they were not full.
"But the group that consumed a bigger breakfast, including dessert, experienced few if any cravings for these foods later in the day."
