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    Why You Should Eat Dessert for Breakfast

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    If you're looking to firm up, skipping dessert is probably on your must-do list along with regularly hitting the gym. But new research found the sweet stuff can actually help you get fit.


    According to a study from Tel Aviv University, eating dessert as part of a 600-calorie breakfast that includes proteins and carbs can help people lose weight-and keep it off. And yup, we're totally talking about ending breakfast with a piece of chocolate.

    Related: 5 New Ways to Lose Weight

    Over the course of a 32-week study, scientists found that people who had dessert-cookies, cake, or chocolate-with their breakfast lost an average of 40 pounds more than people who avoided sweets…and they didn't gain the weight back.

    Here's why they say it works: In the a.m., your body's metabolism is the most active. At this time, we're better able to burn off the calories during the day as opposed to, say, having some ice cream after dinner when your metabolism is slowing down to prepare for sleep.

    Related: A Sexy New Way to Workout

    Scientists also said that it's not good to cut out sweets entirely when you want to firm up because it can create a psychological addiction to them in the long run and cause you to crave them 24/7.

    Obviously, you wouldn't want to make it a habit to have a massive piece of cake every morning, but ending breakfast with a few Hershey's kisses or a cup of hot chocolate could have the same effect.

    Related: How To Get Sexy Abs

    Want to try it? You can kick things off tomorrow morning with a special V-Day breakfast in bed with your man…topped off with chocolate-covered strawberries. Delish.

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    36 comments

    • MICHAEL  •  3 months ago
      Who pays to have these studies done???? Nothing like leading the sheep to the slaughter house.
    • nomorehate  •  Mississauga, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      If you've ever been to Israel, you'll know they have incredible pastry shops all over the place. I betcha they're just trying to figure out a reason why it's okay to snarf down one of them croissants, or chocolate breads, on the way to work at the research lab.
      • mp 3 months ago
        you said snarf....
      • Matt 3 months ago
        The french, as well, like their chocolate crossaints in the morning...with a cigarette of course...and even though they are thin, their breath smells like an ashtray and they are as rude as you have heard.
      • nomorehate 3 months ago
        Yup, MP, "snarf" is the word for it.
    • luvluv  •  3 months ago
      Hilarious,a day ago it was an article about how we should only eat very healthy food with no fat and sugar for breakfast.
    • strollinthepark  •  3 months ago
      No thank you! I tried eating chocolate and sweets in the morning a long time ago, only to be sluggish the rest of the day. And about not cutting out sweets entirely because you become psychologically addicted to them 24/7? I quit eating junk sweets almost cold turkey about five years ago for a number of health reasons, and today, I hardly miss it. It was difficult at first, but afterwards, once I managed to flush all the sugars out of my system, abstinence from the sweets became second nature to me. This stupid article is just full of it, put together by universities who conduct "studies" on things when clearly they are just bored out of their minds with nothing better to do. How shameful.
    • Samantha  •  Vancouver, British Columbia  •  3 months ago
      It's impossible to tell everyone as a unit what to eat because metabolism and biochemistry, lifestyle make one thing good for one person and death to another.
    • Una  •  Toronto, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Moderation and variety are the key or you'd be bored silly and have no choice but 'cheat' ...
    • Mugsy  •  London, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Yahoo News has become the "National Enquirer" of the digital world. A month ago we hear that scientists are lobbying the FDA to have sugar's status changed to that of toxic. With that in mind:

      When Yahoo puts out something like this, which is so wrong and outrageous, it only garners comments of denial, disagreement, anger, etc. one must come to the conclusion that if the news really doesn't exist, one can just "make it up". I called them on a story they did a couple of years ago on the death of Jimi Hendrix and they pulled it within a half hour. Why? I had citations from every source countering the drivel they wrote. We're all lemmings in need of a "media fast" I'm afraid. No amount of articulation and deft commentary will stop any media outlet from doing wrong things. Everyone just wants your eyes and attention regardless of what they put in front of you.
    • eagreen3  •  3 months ago
      I wuz rite, Sugar Crisp here I come , baby.Gotta have those Sugar Crisp.Sugar Bear !
    • Allen A  •  Esquimalt, British Columbia  •  3 months ago
      Lets see what happens when you eat cake or cookies along with your healthy breakfast, then go to work and sit at your desk for the rest of the day. It's not going to help you lose weight.
    • Heather  •  3 months ago
      Always wanted to try cake in my cereal lol!
    • sirmaster2  •  Windsor, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      This news report is nothing but trash. In reality your breakfast should be what you now eat for supper to have the energy to work all day and then lesson your intake at noon and again at 6 and a slight snack at bed time so your system can relax. That is how you are created. Biggest meal in morning. Who on this earth tells you different is not one you should be talking to. Hello???? Its FACT, ITS REAL and ITS THE TRUTH!!!!!
    • monika  •  3 months ago
      I agree that the key to losing weight is about controling the amount you eat. If you don't deprive yourself of the good stuff then it won't feel like a diet and you'll be more likely to stick with it in the long run. It will take longer to lose wait however, you're body will be able to adjust rather than going on an unrealistic diet of never eating junk food. Unless you plan to live that way for the rest of you're life, that diet is only good for a short time. If you want to lose wait quicly it can work, but after that, you have to control the amount you eat in order to keep it off.
    • matty  •  Kitchener, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Eat breakfast have a stick of chocolate ex lax and baboom.. You will lose weight.
    • weber  •  Ottawa, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      What a stupid & irresponsible thing to say. The insulin resistance is the highest in the morning due to the hormones released in the waking-up cycle. High sugar/carb meals in the morning is one sure way to stress the hell out of the pancreas!
    • The Judge  •  Red Deer, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      They really don't know what you should do, well don't sit watching tv eating bonbons all day or you might get fat.
    • Jure  •  Mississauga, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      I have a sweet tooth and I eat alot of cake for breakfast every morning. Its spectacular....I have lost 40 lbs in 5 months. I have kept my regular work out routine and my abs are ripped, and I am in the best shape of my life.

      Who would have thought that cake would be the answer !!!
    • Um Believable  •  3 months ago
      So where does this leave pancakes, waffles or french toast slathered in Canada's finest maple syrup & butter.
    • Richard  •  Barrie, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Wow, talk about using junk science to justify both your results and your paycheck. Instead of fads and following people who will tell you what you want to hear, talk to your family doctor if you want to lose weight. She/he will tell you that calories burned must be more than calories eaten each day...no miracle cures, no lies, just the cold hard facts. Of course we have a multimillion dollar a year industry that will give you all the lies you are willing to pay for. You are the consumer, you decide.
    • Tanya  •  3 months ago
      New excuse fyeah.
    • Matt  •  Toronto, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Yeah, and the occasional cigabutt will help you quit smoking,or a couple tequlia shooters with your morning cookies will tame the alcoholic in ya. Dem's mighty smart thinkers up dere,yessireee billybob mighty sharp.
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