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How Meal Times Affect Weight Loss

Is It Better To Eat In The Morning?

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When you eat, your body releases insulin to bring the body into the anabolic state. Insulin's primary function is to store food as fat for energy. If you skip breakfast, you can keep yourself in the catabolic state you were transitioned into during your sleep. In this state, insulin lowers, and its antagonistic hormones are released. One of these is glucagon, which burns stored fat and lowers several risk factors for diabetes. The body also releases human growth hormone, which is often called the fountain of youth hormone due to its functions of stimulating muscle growth, strengthening bones, increasing calcium absorption, regulating collagen, reducing joint pain, and several other life-enhancing factors. Initially, skipping breakfast can be a struggle for some, and it can lead to overeating. The hunger hormone, ghrelin, is released habitually. Altering your eating pattern will be a fight. It might be best to make small daily adjustments rather than a sudden drastic change to prevent a potential food-binging backlash. So is it better to eat in the morning? It all depends on you.

Keep reading to learn more about how meal times affect weight loss.

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