Why eating chocolate cake for breakfast could help you lose weight

On a diet? Steering clear of sweet treats? According to new research you might want to toss aside that muesli and opt for cake instead for breakfast.

The results of a new study have found that eating sweet things early in the day can be beneficial to weight loss.

The researchers, from Tel Aviv University, said people who were given chocolate cake to eat in the morning lost an average of 40 lbs more than their non-cake eating counterparts over a 32-week period.

The obese participants were divided into two sections. One group ate a low-carb 300 calories breakfast, while the other group was given a 600 calorie breakfast which included a chocolate cake (300 calories).

After 16-weeks both groups - who consumed the same total number of calories (1,600 for men and 1.400 for women) were found to have lost an average of 33 lbs per person.

However during the second part of the study the cake-eaters lost another 15 pounds, while the low-carb group gained an average of 22 lbs each.

By the end of the study, the cake-eating group had lost 40 lbs more than the low-carb group.

Professor Daniela Jakubowicz said in the Steroids journal that the group eating the low-carb diet reported "less satisfaction and felt that they were not full."

She added: "The group that consumed a bigger breakfast, including dessert, experienced few if any cravings for these foods later in the day."


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