Diet: A Sweet Dessert In The Morning?

 In a surprising discovery, researchers found that dessert, as part of a balanced 600-calorie breakfast that also included proteins and carbohydrates, helped dieters lose more weight. On average, those in the group who ate dessert with breakfast lost just as much weight as the control group (no dessert with breakfast), approx. 32 lbs. However, after a 16-week follow up period, the no dessert group gained back all but 3.5 lbs and the group who ate dessert with breakfast lost another 13 lbs, on average. In the morning, the body’s metabolism is most active and able to work off the extra calories throughout the day. Attempting to avoid sweets entirely can create a psychological addiction to these same foods in the long-term. Adding dessert items to breakfast can control cravings throughout the rest of the day. Tel Aviv University, Feb 2012