BREAKFAST DOES WHAT! - Dr. Westman Reacts

THIS researcher says your life is at risk if you skip “the most important meal of the day” 🍳🥞☕️ … but is that really true? ☠️ Find out what Dr. Westman thinks in his latest REACTS video.
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[@hydralitc]

breakfast is literarily nothing more than a meal that breaks your fast... no matter the time of day

[@sherlyr.]

That's right. Please tell them again. I often eat breakfast at 12pm or 1pm.

[@KWayne6756]

Everybody has Breakfast. Whenever you start eating after a fast, is breakfast.

[@Kwildcat13]

😮

[@sherlyr.]

Thank you. Please tell them again.

[@bert_buikema]

I go by the concept that I eat when I am hungry. I don't care what time it is. This works perfectly for me.

[@kekethetoad]

Agreed but usually of you force yourself to always eat breakfast (assuming you're not eating too much throughout the day & night overall), then your body will adapt and you'll be hungry for breakfast everytime.

[@btudrus]

@@kekethetoad "then your body will adapt and you'll be hungry for breakfast everytime" the same if you "force" yourself not to eat breakfest, LOL

[@jamesnewmeyer7205]

I only eat when I am hungry.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

Eating when hungry was not followed by our ancestors I believe. When meat and organs were available they stuffed themselves as the next food availability was unknown.

[@btudrus]

@@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline " When meat and organs were available they stuffed themselves as the next food availability was unknown" Evidence?

[@shiplesp]

Last October Zoe Harcombe's Monday Note was on a study examining the health characteristics of people who live to/near 100. It's a very interesting read. One thing she brought up is that living to 100 does not mean you are healthy. Many in that group live with debilitating illness ... they just don't die of it. So longevity may not be the optimal target to shoot for if you do not also maintain robust good health. And longevity research that does not consider more than the age of death probably isn't useful. And by the way, we all eat breakfast ... it just varies what time it happens.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Excellent observations. The women in my family live into their early 100’s, the last 10 years or so not recognizing their own family members, not knowing their own names and 100% physically disabled. I don’t want this for myself. I don’t think of this as “life”.

[@Kwildcat13]

So true , nursing homes have people that are so terribly unhealthy ! It’s my goal to always be as independent as possible .. having to be flipped or moved and not being mobile isn’t a great life ..

[@btudrus]

@@Kwildcat13 "nursing homes have people that are so terribly unhealthy" nursing homes also feed their "clients" an insane amount of sugar and carbs...

[@KnackFarmer-theanswerismeat]

The whole blue zone logic makes me go spare ... we cannot deny the timing of such research, and the associated life of the individuals studied, from birth until now. For someone who's 100 now, what was their childhood like and what foods, quality, quantity available in, say, the early 1920's? Fast forward to someone born in the 1970's in the US/UK - answer the same questions. Can we honestly expect to see more and more centenarians, in good health, in the 2070's ?? And yet, for most (at this moment) they've not experienced war, famine/food scarcity after. Folks eat what's available, when it's available, go without when there is scarcity. And some live long, some do not.

[@warrenrae32]

@@Mrs.TJTaylorsome live to that age with reasonably full mental faculties and reasonably mobile for their age. Do what you can to experience that not the negative outcome……

[@dalenerobinson9]

They act like we won't have energy if we don't eat breakfast. I eat when I am hungry. I love the new "me"! I am 60 lbs lighter and love keto-carnevore and low carb. It was 11 months ago and off meds (gerd and BP)

[@ekondigg6751]

I had eaten breakfast all my life. Typically Muesli and a glass of orange juice. A little over 6 years ago, I started low carb going into keto. Between 2 and 3 months after starting I realised I was just not hungry in the morning any more. So I thought "why am I forcing myself to eat breakfast?" and I stopped. After 6 years now, I hardly ever have breakfast. I think it's better to listen to by body than someone with a theory.

[@darkpatches]

Or with a company selling his theory, such as Dr. Longo.

[@annburge291]

I'm a big admirer of Dr Longo and I use his fasting mimicking diet (very reduced vegan for five days) a few times a year and I have a keto diet (meat, eggs, fish, mushrooms, vegetables and olive oil and pecans) for the majority of times and now and then I go high carb when it's a party and I am being social. It's what you mainly do that counts not the exceptions. Dr Longo's strategy of fasting mimicking diet is really useful as an adjunct to cancer treatments because it lowers insulin and insulin like growth factor when given with chemo therapy. Standard keto doesn't lower insulin like growth factor, glutamine.

[@ekondigg6751]

@@annburge291 The definition of a fasting mimicking diet is one that sends you into fat-burning mode, ie. ketogenic. I would imagine Dr Longo's version is very good, one of many that are good. A therapeutic keto diet is certainly different from one where the goal is to lose weight, or maintain weight loss. For epilepsy, the goal is to obtain a high amount of ketones for as long as possible. For cancer any reduction in blood glucose is going to help, but as far as I know there's no way a keto diet can reduce glutamine because the body makes as much of it as it wants.

[@forester057]

You better not be taking a statin with that comment.

[@forester057]

@@annburge291 Plants are killing you though. Defense chemicals. Go watch Anthony Chaffee. See if it makes sense. Tired of explaining this. At least find out if the plants that are making you tired/depressed (if any). Elimination diet. Meat/eggs/butter. Everyone thinks these high oxylate/lectin/other defense chemical heavy foods are great for them. I did too.

[@tusker4954]

I never liked breakfast. Now I’m ketovore eat twice a day between 1pm and 7pm. I reversed diabetes ( no longer need insulin) and lost 100lbs.

[@purebloodnordicroamer7955]

I’m in my mid sixties. Have 3 eggs for breakfast with a burger or bacon, and a mug of tea. Works for me, and my mother who is 91 years old.

[@khill6510]

I'm with you. I have a little heavy cream in my coffee and I'm quite satisfied until lunch. Been low carb for a year and 1/2 and feeling awesome at 66.

[@jimlofts5433]

age 73 - cream in coffee is my morning comfort, plus or minus a breakfast of bacon with 3 or 4 eggs - eat before 6pm and after 9am and occasional 2MAD or OMAD

[@gj9933]

For me breakfast is my favorite meal! I skip DINNER. I have breakfast and then lunch around noon or 1 pm and that is my last meal of the day normally. Sometimes I shift this routine to go out to dinner with friends. But 90% of the time it is Breakfast and Lunch

[@jamescalifornia2964]

That makes sense 👌

[@Kwildcat13]

I do too ! I work out early and lunch is generally my bigger meal .. dinner almost never happens

[@gjclark2478]

I grew up not eating breakfast but my two brother's did. My older brother 53, is now on sticks because of knackered knees. My younger brother 48 has had a walking stick for a number of years. They are both overweight all their lives, I was like a bean pole until I met the wife......😆 I do think it's horses for courses, as my gran lived to 93 eating a full English breakfast most of her life, but had early on set dementia for the last ten years of her life. She had a dairy and pig farm for 35years, and drank raw milk and cream daily until she retired, her health went downhill once she left the farm and lived a standard western lifestyle. Even more so when she went into a care home.

[@fronniebealer7808]

I really like standard breakfast (sausage and eggs) about 7:30 am. Lunch at 12.ish, then I do not eat until the next day. This is working for me.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you for demanding good science, Dr. Westman! I eat when I am hungry, and very low carb.

[@KAT-dg6el]

This is killing you, you’re putting your life at risk, is something my doctor just told me because I didn’t want to go on statins😂

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Someone in my family, about forty years ago, liked to say: "two thirds of the world are starving, the other third is on a diet".

[@bobeldredge282]

Eat when you are hungry, stop when you are full, learn what hunger is? If you are looking at a donut and feel hungry you might want to re-think that one, just saying Thanks for all the great videos! Bob the welder.

[@stuarthayner]

Dr. Longo wrote a book that tells you all the issues but not the solution! And now he sells a meal replacement powder. That is the fasting mimicking diet shouldn’t be disclose that every time he talks.?

[@Beyondabsence]

Witnessing thousands of medical interactions as a medical interpreter for LEP patients made me disillusioned with "healthcare" and allopathic medicine. But you and Dr. Berry shattered that cynicism. Your genuine care shines through the cracks, a stark contrast to the blind spots and hubris I'd seen. You help me restore my faith in what medicine can truly be. The road to hell is paved with "good intentions". That's a fact. Thank you.

[@loveofyahweh9660]

I’m starting to feel the same way

[@jobloggs7400]

I stopped eating breakfast almost 5 years ago; my weight went down by +- 15 kilos and it’s stayed off. I’ve never felt better.

[@valbrenneman9071]

I always say breakfast is simply the first meal you eat. Whether that is as soon as you get up or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I eat when I get hungry like Dr. Westman says.

[@aschmidt17]

My personal experience is that my digestion works better when i have breakfast in the morning.

[@btudrus]

you can train your microbiome, though...

[@hugoanderkivi]

​@@btudrusAnd drastically change it with just one meal. Microbiome composition depends upon the food ingested. Going suddenly to carnivore, for example, proves that, likely to get gut dysbiosis, which is the result of bacterial and fungal metabolites wreaking havoc.

[@nikosstamatiou1289]

"Keep in mind that's for people that eat carbs". I don't think a single person will have doubts; people were eating only when food was available for a few million years. And we are positively sure that though feasts were possible, they were also very, VERY rare. In contrast, there were certainly often days without any food, but generally speaking, people were in ketosis almost all the time, probably except for some feasting times, like times they found fruit in the summer (mind you, it doesn't mean that there is fruit just because it's summer, and try competing with birds for fruit, but even insects will eat them before you in a natural environment). So not only the human beings have never been eating breakfast but they naturally didn't even eat every day until a few decades ago. One can only wonder how the human being managed to develop and didn't vanish according to his %$#&(!#.

[@kenadams5504]

I think you are correct ...and ketosis is our natural metabolic state . If we are healthier/smarter and more energetic in ketosis , then we are ,inferencially ,unhealthier/ duller and less energetic when out of ketosis . Why would we assume ,therefore, that our natural metabolic state is out of ketosis ?. An assumption so seemingly illogical ,should be proven before being accepted, (in my opinion).

[@nikosstamatiou1289]

I don't think it's a crime to go out of ketosis. Indeed it seems it's a natural survival mechanism that goes like this: you love sweet, who doesn't?, so at some point in summer you find fruit, and you just can't stop eating them, because fructose does not make you produce leptin, so you just go on eating. now, fructose clogs the liver, causes insulin resistance and before you know it, you have gained quite some pounds. Now, these pounds of healthy fat mean that you will live in the winter while others who didn't manage to obtain it will probably die in the first famine. The problem is not the mechanism itself, it's the abuse we have been doing for the last 50 years, but also in the past 10.000 years in some specific agricultural civilizations.@@kenadams5504

[@susanitasandia5065]

Once again, Eric Westman presents such a thoughtful and intelligent analysis of a theory. I really respect his years of clinical work and observations.

[@timlowery7156]

My morning breakfast of eggs is my favorite meal... 6 eggs a day keeps the doctor away!

[@chadfitch3293]

Never in a million years would I have thought I could eat only once per day. I used to feel like I was starving 2 hrs after I had breakfast. Sometimes I eat twice a day sometimes 3(rarely) sometimes only once a day. I just eat when I’m hungry. It’s a blessing to not be thinking about my next meal all day and all night. Thank you Keto!

[@pacificislandgirl]

76 yr, old Ketvor - no longer diabetic and down 100+ and I am not hungry and have to remind myself to eat lunch about 2pm --

[@bakrantz]

Got to love these epidemiology studies on when to eat. I can't believe this is actual research.

[@scp240]

I delay “breakfast” for as long as I can by having coffee with butter and cream as my first “meal” usually in late morning. I think this is consistent with Dr. Westman’s theory that fasting equals fat burning. My first protein meal comes an hour or two later with a meal consisting of eggs, bacon or sausage, kefir with some berries. Having just returned from a trip to Italy I can confirm that Italian bread is different from American bread and in my opinion, healthier. Also lots of cold cuts and ham and cheese.

[@EddieVfgi]

I am 67, I just started the keto diet 2 months ago. Around the age of 60 I stopped eating breakfast, I would eat lunch and dinner,I felt better not eating breakfast. At 60 I starting feeling tired after breakfast, eliminating breakfast I had more energy and felt better, I don't know why, I wasn't on keto at that time. I think everybody is different, breakfast is not for me. Thanks again Doc!

[@andredaedone7732]

I own a condo in Ecuador and have travelled to the blue zone there and the thing I noticed is those people have no stress and they eat the same as other areas in Ecuador. Also, they dont stuff their faces with carbs.

[@mickmcmenemy7701]

Again, thank you for this 'reacts' series. It's so helpful to have Dr Westman's take on other's opinions.

[@seanlevoy9446]

It's amazing that humans have survived for millennia without the benefit of "scientific" studies to dictate how we manage ourselves, our families and society in general. Thank God for science. (pun intended) Good job Dr. Westman!

[@mariad1151]

It's embarrassing, isn't it?! They can't even agree on breakfast let alone the diseases that plague humanity...

[@studiophantomanimation]

In the past there weren't corporations making non-food that is bad for you and highly addictive. Scientific studies are highlighting this

[@btudrus]

EXACTLY

[@janproy7956]

Completely agree with you Dr. Westman

[@sfgirl76m32]

Breakfast is and has been my favorite meal of the day. I usually break my fast around 9:00-9:30 and then have dinner around 4:00 p.m. I started keto 6 months ago and lost 15 lbs, sleep better, and have more energy. At 65 years old, I feel better than ever!

[@touchofgrace3217]

Everyone eats breakfast or they die. It’s the first meal you eat no matter what time of day it is.

[@Robocrap]

You don't need to skip breakfast. Just postpone it until lunch. 🙂

[@mpoharper]

I disliked traditional breakfast food and cut it out most of my life. I have had to add it back in because I need to gain weight.

[@Prognosis__]

Yes…I don’t have time in the morning to cook bacon and eggs…I won’t eat carbs for breakfast

[@KAT-dg6el]

@@Prognosis__ get up earlier

[@KAT-dg6el]

Why do you have to eat the traditional breakfast food in the morning? You can get up and have a hamburger or even a chicken breast. Or you could even have a salad. LOL

[@mpoharper]

@@KAT-dg6el I am also not hungry and do time restricted eating to allow insulin to drop. It was the ideal meal to drop.

[@Prognosis__]

@@KAT-dg6el no thanks

[@janetsnellgrove9909]

I don't eat breakfast anymore. I have my coffee with butter. Then I have lunch usually between 1 and 2. I eat supper between 5 and 7. Just started carnivore Monday 12/11/23. It is 12/16/23. I have lost 10 lbs. 😊

[@AndreaSwiedler]

I eat when I'm hungry. I break my fast with coffee and HWC, and because I wake up between 3 and 4 am on average, my 2 cups of coffee are when I wake up. I guess my next "meal" is my breakfast, but since I have already been up for hours, maybe 5 or 6 or more, I guess it might be lunch! Anyway, I eat when hungry. When I was eating carbs, I was always hungry!

[@williamrogers4917]

I eat breakfast, i.e. my first meal of the day, closer to lunch. It has to do when I get up which is around 8:30 to 9 am in the morning. Rarely am I hungry when I first get up. It is usually about 11 when I eat and that I eat with my parents who have breakfast around 8 in the morning. As for what food is "breakfast" food, anything I feel like eating. I have had scramble eggs, toast, pancakes and things like that for supper.

[@twiggyfitness6642]

After 8+ years of cyclic fasting, I believe this guy needs to do more research. I fast between 16 and 30 hours, depending on the week and feel great. I'm also ketovore.

[@sparkleypegs8350]

Since becoming carnivore I only eat when I feel genuinely hungry now. Usually its around 3pm. Carnivore cured my forever hungry sugar addiction.

[@cherieblizzard9585]

He was asked to describe what a healthy breakfast consists of but he failed to do that. He did not list the contents or define recipes.

[@samjones9465]

I have never seen breakfast as a necessary meal for me. If I eat breakfast I am ravenous all day and cannot seem to eat enough to be full even for a couple of hours. I stopped eating breakfast in my teenage years (many a fight with my poor mum) and have never looked back

[@andredaedone7732]

I dont eat breakfast or lunch or dinner. I am a Carnivore, just eat in a few hour window everyday. Usually from 5 to 7PM.

[@carolinelewis952]

Thank you so much for your discussion! I don't eat breakfast and can't due to nausea in the morning. I drink coffee with heavy cream. Eat lunch around 1pm and dinner by 5:30-6 most days. Mostly carnivore foods.

[@palosamo]

So according to dr. Longo's theory a primal hunter would have to eat breakfast before going on a hunt to get breakfast.

[@rickjean63]

Breakfast,Lunch or dinner it´s just names we have put on meals. "Break fast"= when you break your fast can be 7am or 7pm it depends on when you are hungry.

[@booftiger]

Love your work Dr Westman. I agree with you, I mostly don't eat breakfast but if on occasion I am hungry in the morning then I will eat breakfast. Isn't that what you would expect out ancestors would have done?

[@fayea78]

I've always felt that 3 meals was too much & have never eaten bfast since young. I've tried it for a period in between but felt it weighed me down mentally so I stopped & it's never given me problems. Don't force me to eat bfast!

[@carolynscilley382]

Breakfast is my largest meal. I eat light in the evening.

[@lasurfette7830]

Healthy user bias at play here. People who eat breakfast are better at trying to take care of their overall health and obediently follow the mantra aboit breakfast being the most important meal of the day.

[@APEXCARNIVORE]

it nutrionally depends on what kind of breakfast do you eat.

[@moniquebenshlomo4561]

All my life never ate breakfast .even as a child .just can’t face food first thing in the morning .

[@uaebifvideo5472]

Thank you for the information!!

[@Palmtree-hw8kp]

I eat breakfast when I’m hungry, usually a few days a week. It depends on how my body is feeling honestly. I don’t go by any set schedule. When I do eat it’s all wholesome, nourishing foods like avocado, eggs, olive oil, a piece or two of bacon, Bulgarian plain yogurt with walnuts and pistachios etc.

[@hansnielsen6280]

I’ve heard people argue from a circadian rhythm’s (evolutionarily) perspective, that you should have most of your calorie intake during daylight …

[@tourdelance3698]

Great Job Dr Westman! 👍🏻

[@Appointed570]

Thx doctor you are so well balanced thank you

[@jpjp3873]

I eat breakfast every day. Usually around noon!😅

[@ToriLynnH]

I like your commentaries on other speakers stances on eating.

[@CoryHobbs2178]

I usually just eat when I'm hungry...a novel idea I know. I've noticed on Carnivore I'm usually not needing lunch. Just breakfast and of course a ribeye for dinner.

[@michelephelps1087]

My ‘breakfast’ just happens to be at noon. I do have coffee with a little cream in the morning. Seeing I consider the coffee bean as one of my favorite vegetables, I guess I could say I have a veg juice and dairy for my morning meal. 😜

[@jennyelenihealth]

I really love your videos Dr Westman, your calming, knowledgeable voice of reason and also respect for the person you’re commenting about, is much appreciated and respected. Greetings from Australia.😊 I’m mostly carnivore now. I just don’t feel hungry in the morning!! (I used to though when I was eating carbs etc! Really interesting!) I now break my fast late morning or mid day. Prior to breaking my fast, I may have black coffee (apparently can further activate auto-phage…? - though again, according to mice studies!). Also, I read or watched someone saying that when you find yourself not hungry to eat breakfast- this is an indication that you’re fat adapted. Thoughts?

[@Kernoe]

what i can say on fasting and keto. After a month of keto or even quite a bit less sometimes i do not need my inhaler for asthma anymore, even when running. When i included fasting into the mix after 3 days of totally not eating anything my asthma is back. Probably through a stress response which happened although totally fat burning adopted because i did keto before the fast. Which means for asthma there is sth during a low carb or keto diet which reduces the spasm of the the airways which is not there in a longer fasting period. That is kind of interesting and good for me, because i love food and i found quite a bit a new sense of taste in the last 3 years and got quite a bit better in cooking meat and fish and stews. hehe

[@jamesshelby3363]

Great information 💯

[@brendanbishop3684]

We start the day with desert, highly processed sugary cereals, not me anymore but society in general.

[@thelandlessgentry5114]

I just eat when I'm hungry. Mostly thats no until the late afternoon. Since I've been ketovore, I'm typically not hungry as much, and food often just falls off my priority list.

[@br4tb4by]

I am never hungry in the morning, my first meal of the day is at around 1-2pm but sometimes as late as 5-8pm. I love eating vegetables but I noticed recently that they make my stomach upset and I developed horrible hormonal and digestion issues, deficient in many B vitamins and have horrible brain fog to the point where it affects my performance at work and I am on the brink of getting fired.. I have been looking into the carnivore diet for a few weeks and I am considering trying it, hopefully it helps.

[@AKMcF]

Thankyou Dr. Prof Kay would have a field day with this one, you should send him a link.😆

[@awilliamwest]

The fact that my morning fasting glucose reading is a little bit higher than I would like (possibly due to high cortisol?) (and my partner's is very high), convinced me to try being keto in the morning. This could mean skipping breakfast, but I have been having a fatty coffee (butter, MCT oil and/or a little coconut oil.) After a couple of hours, I get that clean, clear-headed feeling of being in keto, which has convinced me it is a good thing for me to either skip breakfast or keep it high-fat / low-carb, for the morning. Whether some protein is needed in the morning is the other question... I imagine it doesn't hurt to wait until midday, as long as you are not aiming for anabolic activity in the morning. (Perhaps if you were to lift weights in the morning, some protein might help?)

[@btudrus]

"Perhaps if you were to lift weights in the morning, some protein might help?" Prof. Laymen claims that you need to eat the protein AFTER the workout. So probably it is best to start your day early in the morning with a workout and THEN eat a protein rich breakfeat (30g protein or more)...

[@jimlofts5433]

most people are in protein deficit - 1g per pound min - more when older

[@motherof1doll.]

Genetic component? Or family habits & traditions? Obese families can look the same but usually ALSO have the same family habits, upbringing and were taught health in the same way. And often then told this is just how our family looks, it’s “genetic “.

[@KAT-dg6el]

Yep they say it’s genetics with a shopping cart full of ice cream, potato chips, tater tots, bread, pastries, mac & cheese…….

[@Pi2.718]

This is the Italian thinking … a typical Italian will die without breakfast, or lunch …. or dinner …. and without merenda (snack) !!!!

[@anniebeanie710]

I am from family with genetic predisposition to longevity and there are many facets to it ... including checking on your elders how they are doing and getting them to hospital when necessary .

[@KnackFarmer-theanswerismeat]

The devil is in the detail -- and the clarity (and lack thereof) of language is what has me shouting back at my iPad screen on a regular basis. A few examples: 'Breakfast' -- let's appreciate the nuances: WHEN? How long AFTER you wake are you /should you eat? Imagine you're an average worker or school child waking at 6:00am for an early start to the office or school, forcing food down within minutes of waking, vs a retired person or more flexibly employed, who wakes without an alarm, and eases into the morning and maybe eats around 9am ... WHAT? What is on the plate? SAD options or home cooked eggs, a slice of ham or a steak, some grilled mushrooms? HOW MUCH? Filling up on high GI impactful carbs, you're likely to be hangry by 11am. Hubby and I finish our meals by 6:00-6:30pm, hubby breaks his overnight fast at around 10am (sardines, sourdough wholegrain/organic made my me 😊, olives / olive oil (home grown), boiled egg from our free range hens.) I do the same but more around 11am or noon. Main big meal around 4 and if peckish, salamis, cheese, olives for a 6pm snack. When we lived in Spain, the first meal was late morning, cheese, meats, eggs. We're early 60's, no meds (even OTC), lean and healthy. Low GI carb, organic meat and fish, high quality dairy, organic veggies. Valter Longo is appreciating his own importance, it's in his language, he's hyper confident and is enjoying his current rock star status. That's a dangerous position for someone who purports to want to base everything on true, quality science vs observing observational studies.

[@phuocdo6326]

Isn’t it always sunrise on some point on earth? What’s so special about a local clock? What about people living in different latitudes, such as those living on the polar with no sunrise? What about people waking up at 1 pm? What about people traveling often, flying away from sunrise? For people who are indoor often not knowing when sunrise is? As for eating “breakfast”, isn’t that one what does whenever one break a fast, regardless of 6 am or 6 pm?

[@defeqel6537]

it's more about eating when you wake up, but I'm not so sure the same situation applies to people who wakeup after sleeping well, and people who wake up sporadically during the night, or who wake up to an alarm clock

[@daniT55]

Wow, I should be dead. Hated eating food in the morning even as a child . I can honestly say I’ve never had breakfast, I can only start eating only after mid day. Apart from some colds though out my life I’ve never had any illness or health problems . Even now at 70 , no breakfast , no problem, fit and healthy.

[@gerrywaneck377]

For many years, my morning intake has been 2 cups of coffee with full fat milk. Recently I started a keto IF diet. Reduced carbs - mostly fruits and vegetables, no starch. Last intake around 9:30 pm, breakfast around 4:30 pm the next day, except morning coffee - now black. Losing weight and never felt better. I'm 75 y.o. and about 25 lbs overweight, with prediabetes. Looking forward to my next fasting labs.

[@LucyFre]

Make clinical experiment : Take 2 groups young people in their 20 . Check them before: Cholesterol CAC angiogram blood pressure insuline resistance. Make sure they have no calcium score In arterys.Devide this group in 2 . One on Carnivore high fat. Other in vegetarian. After 1 year check again 2 grups . Cac angiogram cholesterol blood pressure insuline resistance.

[@matthewpadgett9526]

I never liked breakfast and as a child, my parents never forced me to eat it. Now as an adult, I still don’t eat it . In the morning I have 2 cups of green tea, then I do my morning work out, then a 20 minute jog, finally I get prepared for work. I get off of work at at 10:30 pm, then I eat.

[@btudrus]

The problem with all those studies is that "people who skip breakfest" are 99.999% on a high carb diet. Which means they have snacks in between. They are not doing 16/8, that's BS - that cannot work for them...

[@defeqel6537]

Indeed. Something cannot work for them when they aren't doing it, like intermittent fasting. IF, intentional or not, also doesn't offset other bad habits, like smoking (e.g. at least among my associates, it is common to skip breakfast for a morning coffee and a cigarette, they aren't skipping for health reason but because they aren't hungry in the morning, especially not after coffee and a smoke). Epidemiology continues to produce pointless hypotheses.

[@btudrus]

@@defeqel6537 "it is common to skip breakfast for a morning coffee" which they put sugar and milk into, LOL or they drink a soda or orange juice instead of a breakfest....

[@Marshadow69]

I have been wrestling with the whole timing issue for meals. I have tried to be One Meal a Day for the last year or so. The question is when should I have that one meal? I have favoured lunch time. Huberman seems to suggest that is right ...the setting of circadian rhythms with early morning sunlight, and eating early rather than late is a good idea - but exercise is best performed fasted. Dr Gabrielle Lyon emphasises the importance of eating protein early in the day and having further amounts of protein throughout the day as there is an upper limit per meal on the amount of protein which the body can absorb. Importantly perhaps, not eating protein in the evening seems to be a good thing from the circadian rhythm perspective. So for me, on a very low carb diet, I have a coffee with cream early - do some exercise like a 500m swim and sauna and then eat a moderate protein and fat meal around 11.30am...then small amounts of things like macadamia nuts and kiwi fruit and yoghurt. Before sunset a bit more meat but not much. My understanding is that the studies which use the expression "skipping breakfast" do not really capture intentional intermittent fasting.

[@_Solaris]

Eat when you're hungry. Don't when you're not. We are the only animal who makes things complicated.

[@Marshadow69]

Not quite that simple. I don't get hungry on a keto diet for maybe over 24 hrs - 30 hrs. does that mean I eat at 30 hr intervals? ...the circadian experts suggest strongly that the best time to eat is during the day-time. it seems common sense to say what you say...but is there any science to say that hunger is the best indicator of when to eat. Dont think that applies to drinking.@@_Solaris

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

12:31 Keeping insulin low, insulin is a response to high blood glucose levels. Pregnant women have naturally high insulin levels. It’s to keep the cause of high blood glucose level low. High insulin level is a result of high blood glucose which in term is the result from high carb meals, which actually just so little carbs. It’s just so crazy. You live to 100 because you eat breakfast and carbs, and if you eat no breakfast and no carbs and live to 100, it’s just your genres.

[@keithwoodsdesign]

Cavemen always had a nutritious breakfast before going out hunting and gathering for the day.

[@mattm8291]

Dr. Westman, can you please do a video on your interpretation of the Stanford twin study?

[@allabouthelenawithgoldenwe904]

Y’all need to have a debate.

[@hermandejong4309]

Dr. Chris Knobbe did a talk at Low Carb Down Under recently and he makes it seem like all the problems with carbs are actually from seed oils. I think he uses only data comparison from whole populations like Jp. Au. New Guinea or US to see how consumption of macro's has gone up or down and not looking at specific dietary interventions for specific problems. You really get the idea that eating loads of carbs is OK as long as you avoid the seed-oils. Any thoughts on that?

[@crisfield4364]

My body and my appetite seem to work best when I eat at about 11 am and 4 pm. I eat low carb and prioritize protein.

[@HalfGodHalfBeast]

I saw your video about protein last night and want to ask: Would 4 eggs in the morning, a tin of sardines at 2pm, and a rib eye, rump, or sirloin steak for dinner at 7pm be enough protein for a 50year old male weighing 12 stone? (some veg/salad with of course)?

[@GigiWright]

My labs just ca 14:47 me back after 3 months on keto ALC 5.5 from 5.6 Tryglycerides 87 down from 130 Good cholesterol up 15% bad down 10% Liver function from being in the red to normal lost 14lbs Can't say I'm in ketosis 24/7 going through a stressful time in my life so I do munch on pistachios more then I should but all in all very pleased. Let's see what my Dr. says as I turned down the BP and Cholesterol meds she prescribed. BP is consistently 120/80 ish as I've purchased my own cuff. I'm a 66 year old woman with osteoarthritis hoping my imflamation continues to improve, lose another 8lbs and get my mental acuity back on track. Oh and I eat when hungry.

[@ajlee-wright7069]

Remember these older italians never had processed food back then, well maybe the bread, that helped alot with having a long life.

[@lunaticatiga]

I dont know if it has something to do or not but most children don't like breakfast. They get it forced by the parents. And maybe it's some natural body reaction until we spoil it.

[@kenadams5504]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (to skip), because the Dawn Phenomenon raises our blood sugar ,and its advantageous to Fast until lunchtime to regulate that raised blood- sugar.

[@justme4171]

No. Eating brings it back down.

[@Gail-gf7km]

I am an insulin dependent diabetic and extremely insulin resistant. I have extreme dawn effect as well. I have learned that if I eat early in the morning and take my insulin at that time then I only need one dose of insulin instead of taking insulin multiple times per day, which should help reverse insulin resistance.

[@s12_22g]

So fasting is now a problem? But eating so early in the morning and often throughout the day is healthy and does not cause problems? I'll follow my 75yr old mother who only eats when she is hungry. Normal body weight and still cooks, do her garden, clean the house, wash clothes, etc.

[@s12_22g]

Nobody can skip breakfast.😊

[@alexisperlotte5089]

So true, regardless of what time you eat you are still breaking a fast😂break-fast!!

[@MrSports60]

Breakfast means breaking the fast. So whatever time you break the fast is when you’re eating breakfast whether that’s in the morning, afternoon or evening. Eat meat when you’re hungry.

[@KirstiCheetahh]

I never have breakfast. I am not hungry in the morning. I have mascarpone in my coffee 😋 I eat keto/carnivore OMAD or TwoMAD. No problems, feel great! How can he say "We see shortening of life span"? There are no controlled life span studies on humans. And calories from carbs behave different than calories from fat. I play tennis fasted for 20 hours. Great energy in ketosis. It's not dangerous!

[@mariad1151]

Yep, sure do miss those bagels😆

[@proudchristian77]

Coffee's brekfast ! eat dinner 💝☕️🍯🍶

[@proudchristian77]

Some people's have hypothyroidism & not very tall , we lt wt cause we know what we're doing, we could be pushy & grow, but we don't, we eat once a day & vegetarian food , ride a bicycle, 🚴‍♀️ we're not heavy because we try hard not to be , if everyone did that we maybe not have weight issues , just a observation!🚴‍♀️

[@jaimes350]

I never skip breakfast, lunch or dinner, they all consist of meat and all eaten at the same time, then I fast for 23hrs. 👍

[@KAT-dg6el]

So you eat one meal? If I did only one meal I could only eat a half of a hamburger patty and I’d be full. I would die. LOL

[@jaimes350]

@@KAT-dg6el hi Kat, at the risk of being presumptuous 😉 i will take it by your name your a lady, i was watching Rita from (5 minuet body) and she was talking to a bunch of other ladies about their meals and diet. it seems by what they said for some reason women cant do omad and so have to eat several times a day, they said for some reason they just cant eat enough in one hit. dont ask me why I'm not a doctor 😁i just know what is working for me and each person has to find what works for them and eat accordingly.

[@somchai1025]

I fast, sometime I eat breakfast and sometime I don't, it all depends on how I feel.