How soon after getting up today did you have your first meal of the day?

[reecejackox]

5 minutes

[Zizu]

11 hours

Got up just before 7am and ate first food at 6 pm ( fish and chips )

Just had a black coffee at 7am .. worked all day .. drinking water throughout until teatime. Usually have a healthy meal but the chippy was just convenient as we were running late

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[Cherry Christmas]

Varies, it’s not 5 minutes though...maybe half an hour

[In the Drunk Tank]

11 hours

Got up just before 7am and ate first food at 6 pm ( fish and chips )


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That doesn't seem very healthy

[In the Drunk Tank]

Always have breakfast as soon as I wake up now. Never had it before but I do find it sets me up better for the rest of the day now I've made it a routine

[bots]

you need to eat something shortly after waking to activate your metabolism, it's a proven fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day

[Christmas Dynasnow]

30 mins

[Oliver_W]

I hate to have things hanging over my head, once I awaken I basically ablute, dress, and eat right away, even if it's at like 5 :laugh:

Then I have to twiddle my thumbs for ages until the actual day begins :joker:

[Zizu]

That doesn't seem very healthy


It’s actually EXTREMELY healthy .,

Google .. intermittent fasting … it could change your life .


I fast for 19 hours every day and have done for just over 7 years ..

Until flaming Covid got me I never used to get poorly .. not one prescription since 2016 !

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting


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[Zizu]

I hate to have things hanging over my head, once I awaken I basically ablute, dress, and eat right away, even if it's at like 5 :laugh:

Then I have to twiddle my thumbs for ages until the actual day begins :joker:


I’m exactly the same .. I have some time off this afternoon but I have to be somewhere at about 3pm for half an hour so I can’t relax until after then ..


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[Zizu]

you need to eat something shortly after waking to activate your metabolism, it's a proven fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day


Errr no

That’s just our crazy modern ways ..

The Vikings or Romans didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn .. had a full English then proceeded to rape and pillage or conquer the world ..

From what I’ve read breaking your fast as soon as you wake up is a ‘relatively’ modern idea .


I saw a program years ago that suggested that we in the uk didn’t have a waking breakfast until about the late 1800s so about 150 years ago

Nobody had a meal on waking for thousands of years .. not those mentioned above or nomads ( still don’t today ) , Eskimos / Inuets .. even traditional cowboys just wake and have a coffee or some drink then ride / work all day and eat in the evenings.

Google intermittent fasting sometime !


I wish I knew about it 50 years ago !!



https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting

You know that the phrase ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’ was written by a top advertising guy ( from the cigarettes industry actually) to reverse the decline of Kelloggs cereals .. about 60 years ago ..


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Errr no

That’s just our crazy modern ways ..

The Vikings or Romans didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn .. had a full English then proceeded to rape and pillage or conquer the world ..

From what I’ve read breaking your fast as soon as you wake up is a ‘relatively’ modern idea .

Nobody had a meal on waking for thousands of years .. not those mentioned above or nomads ( still don’t today ) , Eskimos / Inuets .. even traditional cowboys just wake and have a coffee or some drink then ride / wok all day and eat in the evenings.

Google intermittent fasting sometime !


I wish I knew about it 50 years ago !!



https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting

You know that the phrase ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’ was written by a top advertising guy ( from the cigarettes industry actually) to reverse the decline of Kelloggs cereals .. about 60 years ago ..


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"The Vikings or Romans didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn .. had a full English then proceeded to rape and pillage or conquer the world .."

The average Viking died aged 45

[Zizu]

"The Vikings or Romans didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn .. had a full English then proceeded to rape and pillage or conquer the world .."





The average Viking died aged 45


It was a flippant , throwaway line ..

The Vikings died fairly young .. presumably as they spent a good amount of their time in armed combat - plus we are living longer these days simply due to medical progress

:)


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[Zizu]

Well I’m certainly not gonna waste all day arguing the pros and cons of fasting …


Millions do intermittent fasting so you guys should read up first or even put your big boy trousers on and actually try it for a few weeks or so


There are even Olympic level athletes and sportspeople turning to intermittent fasting to get a few extra % of performance ( legally)

Life changing !!


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[Oliver_W]

"The Vikings or Romans didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn .. had a full English then proceeded to rape and pillage or conquer the world .."

The average Viking died aged 45

That's from the "add up the total and divide by the number of data points" average, and was skewed by a high infant mortality rate - That's why the medieval "average lifespan" was about 35; take a newborn and a seventy year old, what would their mean average be?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Breakfast has been found to affect more than just weight. Skipping breakfast
has been associated with a 27% increased risk of heart disease a 21% higher
risk of type 2 diabetes in men, and a 20% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181126-is-breakfast-good-for-your-health#:~:text=Breakfast%20has%20been%20found%20to ,risk%20of%20type%202%20diabetes

[Zizu]

Breakfast has been found to affect more than just weight. Skipping breakfast
has been associated with a 27% increased risk of heart disease a 21% higher
risk of type 2 diabetes in men, and a 20% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181126-is-breakfast-good-for-your-health#:~:text=Breakfast%20has%20been%20found%20to ,risk%20of%20type%202%20diabetes


Maybe those figures were from a survey / paper ‘funded’ by a company who has a interest in getting everyone to eat breakfast ..

Back in the 50’s / 60’s the cigarette companies paid for hundreds of ‘surveys’ to show how safe smoking was ..



There’s plenty of research showing that intermittent fasting can actually reverse diabetes type 2

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/type-2-diabetes-intermittent-fasting-could-reverse-the-condition#:~:text=A%202014%20review%20paper%20in,l oss%20and%20reducing%20diabetes%20risk.


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[Zizu]

Look I’ve absolute thrived on it for 7 years and never felt fitter or stronger .. the only blip was Covid ..

The fact that I’ve not had a prescription or seen a doctor over that period tells a story .

Even my dentist is amazed at the improvement.. she even quoted from a dental paper where it shows the benefits of not having food attacking your tooth enamel all throughout the day .. it’s all common sense really


I’m done :)

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Look I’ve absolute thrived on it for 7 years and never felt fitter or stronger .. the only blip was Covid ..

The fact that I’ve not had a prescription or seen a doctor over that period tells a story .

Even my dentist is amazed at the improvement.. she even quoted from a dental paper where it shows the benefits of not having food attacking your tooth enamel all throughout the day .. it’s all common sense really


I’m done :)

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nope

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797523/

the last time i went to a doctor was 2002 and that was to register

i eat breakfast every day

[Tinsel Toes]

Never , eaten breakfast or lunch , may nibble bits in day , and we don't eat in evening at least once a week.

[Zizu]

nope

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797523/

the last time i went to a doctor was 2002 and that was to register

i eat breakfast every day

When did we start relying : trusting government info

:)

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[ChristmasNeeve]

2 hours usually, I have a cup of tea on my way into work and then eat something small like a cereal bar when I get here, not a fan of morning eating - I know breakfast is important bla bla : P

[smudgie]

Coffee and a breakfast bar about 10 minutes after I get up, whatever time that is.

[Livia]

Different every day.. husband, kids, dog, cat..... everyone is fed and watered before I get my caffeine.