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The Best Time to Eat when Losing Weight
When losing weight there is an obvious need to reduce energy intake but once the diet is established it’s quite possible to go above the number of estimated calories needed to lose weight. To try to compensate for these occasional “off days” we could try eating meals at a time when the energy would be more likely used effectively to replace nutritional needs and less risk that excess energy will be placed on the hips as fat. So when would be the best time to eat foods?
Some experts say the best time to eat food is when we feel hungry as this is the natural way our body is telling us we require nutrients or energy. The problem is some people always feel hungry and nibbling on high-energy foods is partly the reason a few of us became overweight in the first place.
I believe the best time to consume energy is when the body is at its most active, a time when the metabolism is elevated or when there is a need for extra nutrition. Perhaps the first instance should be in the morning, starting with a good breakfast. Remember while asleep the body has had no nutritional supply for up to ten hours so cells are ready to effectively use up the energy from food. Also, the body needs it’s supply of essential nutrients in the morning, especially protein, because excess or circulating proteins have been used up to help recover muscles, hair, skin, nails or to create millions of antibodies to defend against bacteria which may have entered the body during sleep. This means extra energy will be used to help replace the protein lost.
There is more chance the body will use up all the energy for muscular
nutrition if a good meal is eaten in the morning, as everyone wakes up at
different times its impossible to determine an actual time when breakfast
should be consumed, for this reason the guide should be within an hour of
waking.
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