Faster weight loss with a breakfast before jogging

What does breakfast do before exercise??

Having a breakfast before exercise can result in more carbohydrates being burned during exercise and speeding up digestion after exercise.

Researchers at the University of Bath and the University of Birmingham found in their current research that having breakfast before exercise causes digestion to be accelerated. The physicians published the results of their study in the English language journal "The American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism".

What was investigated?

For their new study, the experts looked at the effect of having breakfast and fasting overnight on subsequent one-hour cycling. They also ran a test in which the participants rested for three hours after breakfast. It also analyzed what it would feel like subjects ate breakfast with oatmeal and milk two hours before training. After training or rest, the researchers then tested the blood sugar levels and muscle glycogen levels of the twelve healthy male volunteers who had taken the tests.

Effects on the body

Experts discovered that eating breakfast increased the rate at which the body burned carbohydrates while exercising, and the speed with which the body consumed the digested and metabolized foods eaten after training. This is the first study to examine how pre-workout breakfast influences post-workout response, explains study author Dr. Javier Gonzalez of the University of Bath. It has been found that pre-workout breakfast, compared to no breakfast, increases the rate at which carbohydrates are digested, ingested and metabolized, which are absorbed after exercise, the expert adds.

Breakfast before exercise increases carbohydrate burning

It has also been observed that a pre-workout breakfast boosts the burning of carbohydrates during exercise, and that these carbohydrates come not just from the breakfast just eaten, but also from carbohydrates stored in our muscles as glycogen, scientists say. This increase in the use of muscle glycogen may explain why, after lunch, the blood sugar level decreased faster when taking a pre-workout breakfast.

Further research is needed

The study suggests that pre-workout breakfast prepares the body to quickly store the food we consume after exercise. The long-term effects are also still unclear, additional research on this topic must be carried out, explain the authors. There is a clear need for further research that will further analyze the effect of pre-exercise food intake, for example, on overweight participants who may be at increased risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (As)