Eat More Calories in the Morning to Lose Weight

A calorie is not a calorie—it not only depends what you eat, but when you eat.

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Isn’t that wild? Two pounds of weight loss a week eating the same number of calories. But that was a pretty extreme study. What about just shifting a greater percentage of calories toward earlier in the day? That’s the subject of my next video on the subject, Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper ( But first we’re going to take a break from chronobiology to look at the Benefits of Garlic for Fighting Cancer and the Common Cold (

Then we’ll resume with:
• Eat More Calories in the Morning Than the Evening (
• How Circadian Rhythms Affect Blood Sugar Levels (
• How to Sync Your Central Circadian Clock to Your Peripheral Clocks (
• The Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals (
• Shedding Light on Shedding Weight (
• Why People Gain Weight in the Fall (

If you missed the first three videos in this extended series, check out:
• Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal for Weight Loss? (
• Is Skipping Breakfast Better for Weight Loss? (
• Chronobiology - How Circadian Rhythms Can Control Your Health and Weight (

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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