Eat More of This, Lose More Weight

Posted by SonOfKrypton - 08/12/08 at 10:08:42 am

Want to lose more weight?  Set aside the cereal and bagels and crack open a couple of eggs.  Saint Louis University researchers recently discovered that people who eat eggs as part of their daily breakfast were more likely to ingest fewer calories the rest of the day than those who did not.  The experiment was set up so that participants were given two choices of breakfasts: 1) two scrambled eggs, two pieces of toast, and one tablespoon of reduced-calorie fruit spread or 2) a bagel, 2 tablespoons of cream cheese, and 3 ounces of nonfat yogurt.

Caloric-wise, these two breakfasts were equal.  Even so, the consumers of the breakfast including eggs didn’t feel as hungry and actually ingested an average of 264 fewer calories at the end of the day, and 418 fewer calories over a 24 hour period.  Considering that there are 3500 calories in a pound of fat, those eating egg rich breakfasts could be shedding a pound off their body weight every 9 days.  Researchers aren’t exactly certain why eggs keep your appetite down, but they speculate that the high protein and monounsaturated fat (the good kind) content of eggs lead to a greater satiety.

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