一頓豐盛早餐可以幫助你燃燒2倍卡路里

We always hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – and it is true if your goal is to burn calories. A new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, tested 16 men who were first made to consume a high-calories breakfast and a low calorie dinner for three days. After, the participants swapped, and spent three days eating a light breakfast and loading up on the calories come dinner time. Researchers at Lübeck University in Germany who conducted the study, found that when the subjects indulged in a hearty breakfast, they burnt twice as many calories throughout the day than when they ate a large dinner. Scientists found a calorific breakfast sped up metabolism, proving that dietary induced thermogenesis (DIT) – the process whereby the body produces heat – is somehow stronger in the morning. Corresponding author Dr Juliane Richter said: “Our results show a meal eaten for breakfast – regardless of the amount of calories it contains – creates twice as high dietary induced thermogenesis (DIT) – as the same meal consumed for dinner."This finding is significant for all people as it underlines the value of eating enough at breakfast."She added: “We recommend that patients with obesity as well as healthy people eat a large breakfast rather than a large dinner to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases."

我們總是聽說早餐是一天中最重要的一餐，如果你的目標是消耗卡路里，那麼這樣講就正確了。一項發表在《臨床內分泌與代謝雜誌》上的新研究，對16名男性進行了測試，他們在前三天食用高熱量早餐和低熱量晚餐。之後，參與者進行了交換，三天吃輕食早餐，並在晚餐時間增加了卡路里。進行這項研究的德國呂貝克大學的研究人員發現，當受試者享受豐盛的早餐時，他們全天消耗的熱量，是豐盛晚餐時的兩倍。科學家發現，熱量過高的早餐會加速新陳代謝，證明飲食誘導的生熱（DIT）（人體產生熱量的過程）在某種程度上在早晨時更強。
朱利安·里希特博士說：“我們的研究結果表明，早餐吃的一餐飯，無論它所含的卡路里量多少，所產生的熱生（DIT）（人體產生熱量的過程），是一頓晚餐的兩倍。
“這一發現對所有人都具有重要意義，因為它突顯了早餐時吃得足夠的價值。”
她補充說：“我們建議肥胖症患者以及健康的人，吃豐盛的早餐而不是豐盛的晚餐，以減輕體重並預防代謝性疾病。”

新聞節錄：https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/guide/a31063853/eating-a-big-breakfast-could-help-you-burn-double-the-amount-of-calories/

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corn flakes 玉米片
colony殖民地
barbecue 烤肉
the hair of the dog 解醉酒
hangover 宿醉
alcohol beverage 酒精性飲料

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每天起床忙著上班上課，大家對於早餐的選擇通常都很固定，也為了便利，早餐的內容也相對簡單。這一集我們討論了一個德國的研究，原來早餐吃得越豐盛，一整天消耗的卡路里越多。澳洲最常見的早餐是Weet-Bix，它是一種用穀物顆粒壓製而成的穀片，泡在牛奶裡，配上切片香蕉，每個澳洲家庭一定都會有一大包家庭號的Weet-Bix。