Dessert with breakfast cuts cravings, helps shed weight

A STUDY SAYS DIETERS HAVE LESS HUNGER AND CRAVINGS AND ARE BETTER ABLE TO KEEP OFF LOST WEIGHT

WASHINGTON: Adding a cookie or cake to their daily breakfast diet may help dieters keep the pounds off.
A new study has found that dieters have less hunger and cravings throughout the day and are better able to keep off lost weight if they eat a carbohydrate-rich, protein-packed breakfast that includes dessert.

“The goal of a weight loss diet should be not only weight reduction but also reduction of hunger and cravings, thus helping prevent weight regain,” said Daniela Jakubowicz, MD, the study’s principal investigator.
Jakubowicz, a senior physician at Tel Aviv University’s Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, and her coauthors studied nearly 200 nondiabetic obese adults who were randomly assigned to eat one of two low-calorie diets.