{"id":4065,"date":"2013-01-30T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2013-01-29T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T14:25:30","slug":"want-an-edge-on-losing-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2013\/01\/want-an-edge-on-losing-weight.html","title":{"rendered":"Want an Edge on Losing Weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Want an edge on losing weight?<\/p>\n

You might consider the TIMING of your meal.<\/p>\n

An interesting study conducted in Spain with Tufts University and the University of Murcia, looked at the timing of meals. Specifically, they wanted to see if eating an early (before 3:00p.m.) or late (after 3:00p.m.) lunch made any difference in weight loss efforts.<\/p>\n

What they found was that early lunch eaters lost more weight than late eaters. The findings are reported in the International Journal of Obesity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Noted in the study was that late eaters often consumed fewer calories at breakfast or even skipped breakfast–a no-no \u00a0for dieters.<\/p>\n

But what may give us a clue about the importance of the timing of a meal is that the late eaters had lower insulin sensitivity–one risk factor for diabetes.<\/p>\n

So next time you schedule lunch, consider bumping it up to an early time. it just might help shed a few of those unwanted pounds.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

More help: Press Pause Before You Eat<\/em> by Dr. Linda Mintle. Click on image above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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