So we have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's supposed to give us the proper fuel to get through our day, right?

But a new study begs to differ, saying that if you're trying to lose weight, skipping breakfast might actually help!

The American Journal of Clinical nutrition recently tested the effectiveness of eating or skipping breakfast on weight loss in adults who were trying to shed the pounds in a free-living setting.

For 16 weeks, researchers monitored a total of 309 participants ages 25 through 65. The study compared weight change in a control group with weight loss in experimental groups, told to eat breakfast or to skip breakfast.

So what were the ultimate results of the study? A recommendation to eat or skip breakfast for to lose weight was effective at changing self-reported breakfast eating habits, but contrary to widely held views; the participants who skipped breakfast showed that it had no discernable effect on their weight loss.

"Now that we know the general recommendation of 'eat breakfast every day' has no differential impact on weight loss, we can move forward with studying other techniques for improved effectiveness," explained the study's lead author Emily Dhurandhar, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior.

Feeling stumped? Dhurandhar says don't be. "We should try to understand why eating or skipping breakfast did not influence weight loss, despite evidence that breakfast may influence appetite and metabolism."

Other health experts say to be cautious of abiding by the new study. FOX 5 News Health Correspondent Shari Boockvar pointed out that breakfast is still important and skipping it is not the answer to getting slimmer faster.

"I do have patients that skip breakfast, but they over compensate later on in the day. Your lunch becomes your breakfast, your dinner becomes your lunch, and your meal from eight to ten o'clock at night becomes your dinner," Boockvar explained. This overcompensation can lead to more calorie filled meals than a typical breakfast does.

The study also did not take into account the types of breakfast food eaten, participants, metabolism, appetite, and overall body fat.

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