The best time of day for breakfast, lunch and dinner
It is always very common that we look at what we eat at each moment, in the nutritional composition of the foods we choose and especially in their caloric intake, as well as what we eat in the most important meals of the day. But it is less usual to look at the time when we eat them. However, did you know that the hours we keep at meals is almost as important as what we eat?
There is no doubt that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, not only because it becomes the first meal of the day and because it is useful to provide our body with the essential nutrients and energy that it needs so much to get up and running. throughout the morning, but for the hours during which we have been fasting during the hours of sleep. But so are food and dinner, as well as lunch and snack.
A useful option from a nutritional point of view is to discover which are the best times of the day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The best time to have breakfast
Unlike what is mistakenly thought It is not appropriate or advisable to have breakfast immediately as we get out of bed. In this sense, according to many nutritionists, the best thing is to delay the breakfast hour to an hour after having risen.
As we have already told you in many moments, It is important not to skip the first meal of the day, since different scientific studies have verified the risks that for our health supposes not having breakfast or doing it badly.
About what we should have breakfast, we can find from a nutritional point of view with two aspects: while a report of the International Journal of Obesity ensures that the best breakfast is that rich in fat (such as the one that contains fried eggs, bacon and toast), other nutritionists advise eating some dairy, fresh fruits and cereals at breakfast.
The best time to eat
It is very common that we tend not to maintain the same hours to eat throughout the week, although as many health specialists say it would actually be the most recommended, as our body remains much more stable.
On what would be the best time to eat, the most appropriate is eat between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.It is not advisable to do so after that time, as some studies have shown that less weight is lost.
If you opt for first and second, you can choose first a dish rich in vegetables, and for a second that provides few fats but is very rich in high biological value proteins, such as eggs, chicken breast, salmon, sole or rabbit .
The best time to have dinner
Since while we sleep our body is not able to burn so many calories, dinner is the meal of the day in which fewer calories should be taken to the mouth, since during the night is when we need less energy.
It is best to dine between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., never later since the most common is that we go to bed between 22:30 and 23:00.
And on what we should have dinner, you can choose green leaf salads, grilled turkey with vegetables, tuna taquitos ... Unlike what we commonly do, it is not advisable to eat fruit at dinner.
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