In Recent study, Eggy Breakfast Results In Two Thirds More Weight Loss Than Carbohydrate Based Breakfast.
Researchers from Louisiana State University in the U.S. looked at the eating habits of a group of overweight and obese women.
The women, who were following a low-fat diet, were asked to eat either two eggs a day for breakfast, or have a bagel.
The two meals contained the same number of calories and weighed roughly the same amount.
However, after eight weeks of breakfasting, the slimmers who had eaten eggs had lost the most weight.
As well as shedding 65 per cent more pounds than the bagel eaters, they had lost almost twice as many inches from their waistline.
Previous work by the same researchers showed that those who ate eggs for breakfast felt fuller for longer and as a result, they ate less during the rest of the day.
It is not completely clear why eggs are so good at making us feel full but it is thought their high protein content could play a large part.
Researcher Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar, an obesity expert, said:
“Despite equal energy content and weight, an egg breakfast had a greater satiating effect compared to a bagel breakfast, which translated into a lower energy intake at lunch.”
“The resulting decrease in energy consumption lasted for at least 24 hours after the egg breakfast.”
The British Food Standards agency does not set a limit on the number of eggs we should eat a week for optimum health and says that while eggs do contain cholesterol, saturated fat found in cakes, biscuits and pies is much more damaging.
To get the maximum weight loss benefits from eating eggs, it is best that they are eaten at breakfast time, so that their satiating effect is spread over the day time hours when we normally eat, resulting in our eating less over the whole day.
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