Breakfast Cereals

[securespark]

Well, both really, but cutting down my sugar intake is my primary concern.

 

[big-all]

Well, both really, but cutting down my sugar intake is my primary concern.

worth keeping in mind
"low sugar" options will often replace with fat and visa versa
alcohol will have a large sugar/carbohydrate content that they don't have to declare
in general if it tastes really nice it a 50/50 fat/sugar combination
in my opinion its the processed sugars that are the danger as they are easily absorbed with little effort from your body

 

[securespark]

Watch very carefully the ingredients of anything I buy. I try to eat no ready meals, as these tend to be high in fat, salt and sugar. Many years ago, I ate a pasta ready meal and afterwards was horrified to learn that it contained 6g of salt!

And you're right: sugar and fat are both flavour-carriers. Remove one and it is usually replaced with the other, else the flavour of the food suffers.

 

[securespark]

Oh, as for alcohol, I have not had any for donkey's.

 

[motorbiking]

Skip breakfast and burn the glycogen stored. Improve you IGF and cholesterol.

So many people still think it’s important to eat a “healthy/hearty” breakfast.

 

[Notch7]

Skip breakfast and burn the glycogen stored. Improve you IGF and cholesterol.

So many people still think it’s important to eat a “healthy/hearty” breakfast.

I would find with no breakfast my blood sugar would drop and encourage me to snack.

 

[big-all]

i never have breakfast but have home made soup around 90-120 mins after i get up
150-200g cooking bacon cup and a half lentils 2 large carrots one large leek 2 large onions herbs and spices one stock cube in 3 litres one level teaspoon off oil or less to fry the onions and leeks no other fats[bacon fat removed]no salts other than the bacon and stock cube no sugar cream or dairy

 

[Ihavenojob]

Does anyone else find skipping breakfast leaves you less hungry? If I have breakfast I'm peckish again around 10-11 ish, if I skip it I can go till evening without feeling the need to eat.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Does anyone else find skipping breakfast leaves you less hungry? If I have breakfast I'm peckish again around 10-11 ish, if I skip it I can go till evening without feeling the need to eat.

Yep, exactly the same for me, always hungry shortly after brekkie. Not eaten a regular brekkie since I was a school kid and decided an extra 20 mins in bed was much nicer

I normally eat a banana about 2pm as I can get a bit of a headache if I wait until dinner.

 

[JohnD]

Does anyone else find skipping breakfast leaves you less hungry? If I have breakfast I'm peckish again around 10-11 ish, if I skip it I can go till evening without feeling the need to eat.

Isn't that rebound from a sugar high?

Try a bowl of porage without sugar.

 

[Ihavenojob]

I used to have marmite on toast, still made me hungry later. Would have 4 or 5 cups of tea before work every day, no sugar in it, & still didn't feel hungry if I missed breakfast.

 

[JohnD]

toast

refined carbs ==> fast digestion ==> sugar

oats are digested more slowly

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/carbohydrates-and-blood-sugar/

 

[big-all]

I used to have marmite on toast, still made me hungry later. Would have 4 or 5 cups of tea before work every day, no sugar in it, & still didn't feel hungry if I missed breakfast.

marmite is around 11% salt

 

[motorbiking]

Slow release carbs (low GI) are generally better, but generally the feeling of "hunger" we feel after 3 or 4 hours from a meal is actually as a result of a blood sugar drop (see johnD's link), which triggers glucagon production (a hormone that sends a signal to the brain to start looking for food). Its much harder for the brain to resist glucagon than proper hunger (glycogen depletion/fat burning), which actually makes you feel alert and full of energy.

Endurance athletes often train in a glycogen depleted state to improve the efficiency of their fat burning process. I've done it myself and it really does work.

Today, all I will eat for example is 2 desert spoons of porridge made with water before going to the gym tonight. I wont really feel hungry.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

Hunger is also partly based on memory, i.e. when did you last eat, and what did you eat.
You can easily override or retrain that part of the hunger causation.