‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’, we’ve been told. However, does the time you eat breakfast matter in determining how long you live? Some experts think so. Not only will changing the time you eat breakfast boost longevity, it could also minimize your risk of getting diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases, they say.
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When to break your fast
Some people skip breakfast unintentionally, others do it deliberately. Dr Julia Jones, Neuroscientist and author of the book F-Bomb Longevity Made Easy, wants you to take the latter approach. Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, she proposes that eating breakfast around 11 am is the one simple change you can make to your lifestyle that could prolong your life, express.co.uk writes.
Just to give our system a rest, so try and leave 16 hours overnight, fasting, and then eat within an eight-hour period. To give your digestive system a rest, and let other cellular pathways and important housekeeping processes kick in, can help reset those cells.
The neuroscientist adds that there is a growing body of research that shows that the average person is not only eating the wrong things, but is also eating way too often.
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Intermittent fasting
The idea of having an eating window between meals is consistent with intermittent fasting. One prominent proponent of this lifestyle is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, at King’s College London, Tim Spector. He argues that it is best to postpone breakfast because people are eating at later hours in the night and this will help to shorten the eating period and give the body time to fast during the night, according to an article on LBC.
I think we have to rethink all the things we have been told are unhealthy, because there’s just so much new science coming out.
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Sources used:
Express.co.uk: Not eating breakfast until 11am could add 20 years to your lifespan - doctor's 'easy' tips
LBC: Eating breakfast after 11am could be key to weight loss, expert claims
