Indulging at breakfast can help you shed pounds

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Eating a large breakfast can help you stay slim. When Venezuelan and U.S. researchers put women on low-carb diets of 1,085 and 1,240 calories a day, with the latter group eating a larger breakfast of 610 more calories, the two groups lost an average of 28 and 21 pounds, respectively, over four months. But during the ensuing four months, the small-breakfast group reversed itself, gaining an average of 18 pounds while the big-breakfast group lost another 16.5 pounds. The big-breakfast eaters were able to sustain their low-carb diet, whereas the small-breakfast group were unable to control their addictive eating impulses and their craving for carbohydrates.