WORDS: ED COOPER; PHOTOGRAPHY: PAVEL DORNAK AT HEARST STUDIOS; FOOD STYLIST: MATTHEW FORD AT HERS AGENCY
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“Fasting between 10PM and 2PM
the next day has kept me in truly great
shape for the past ive years”
“After I’ve smashed a HIIT session irst
thing, it’s important I refuel my body
correctly with a proper breakfast”
Forgoing dinner to cut your kilojoule
intake causes a rise in cortisol, not
only slowing your metabolism but
also disrupting your sleep
Make dinner your largest meal and
you’ll ind it easier to maintain
muscle while dieting, resulting in a
better overall body composition
Ditching breakfast for a lie-in
lowers your stocks of the reward
chemical dopamine, making an
afternoon sugar binge more likely
Stacking 2930kJ in the morning and
limiting your dinners to 830kJ helps
you lose 2.5 times more weight than
doing the reverse
Psychosomatic Medicine
Journal of Nutrition
University of Missouri
Obesity
Joe Wicks Terry Crews
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NUTRITION
COLLISION COURSES
Whether to front-load or back-load your daily bread is an
argument as old as time. We serve up the nutritional stats
on which plate to make your focus of the day
The old adage rings true. While porridge can’t compete with T-bone for taste, the importance
of breakfasting like a king to maintain a healthy weight and set the tone for benecial decisions
throughout the day is incontrovertible. It pays to be a morning person, whichever way you slice it.
THE MH VERDICT: BREAKFAST WINS!
WEIGHTING GAME
WORST CULPRITS
3765 KJ 1000 g
BREAKFAST DINNER
TODAY’S SPECIAL
ENDORSEMENTS
VS
You can trick yourself
into cutting kilojoules by
this much throughout the
day by timing your eggs
immediately after a
morning training session
University of Scranton
The amount of fat you
can burn in two weeks,
while also supporting
post-workout muscle
growth, all by tucking
into a hearty evening meal
University of Munich
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