A new Israeli study, published in Steroids journal in December 2011, shows encouraging and wonderful findings for cake and chocolate lovers, like myself.
In this study, two groups of women were put on 1,400-calorie diets. One group was following a low-carbohydrate plan with a smaller breakfast (300 calories) and a larger dinner, while the other group was eating protein and carbohydrate rich foods with a breakfast (600 calories) including cake, chocolate, or a cookie and then a smaller supper.
At the end of the diet, which lasted four months, the average weight lost by the participants in both groups was similar. But after another four months, the small-breakfast group regained about two-thirds of what they'd dropped while the other group continued to lose an additional 15 pounds.
So, how wonderful! A sweet dish at breakfast time may actually help weight loss diets. In the morning, when the body’s metabolic rate is faster, measured consumption of sweets can reduce appetite for sweets during the rest of the day. I could surely follow this one myself.
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