It’s called thermogenesis (thermo = heat and genesis = creation). But frankly, drinking a glass of cold water has the same effect and even mild dehydration can slow our metabolism by as much as 3%. (By the way it’s estimated that about 75% of American are apparently dehydrated).

However while eating or drinking cold water temporarily raise our metabolism, they do nothing to permanently enhance our basal metabolism which is how we would get to utilize more calories in the course of basic bodily functions.

It is consistent amounts of exercise which increases your muscle mass, raising your basal metabolism naturally because… the more lean muscle you have the more energy your body uses to stay alive.

Breakfast buzz myth #2

“You won’t be able to concentrate if you don’t eat first thing in the morning.”

Really? Plenty of people who don’t eat until they get hungry in the mornings tell me their concentration isn’t impaired at all.

Now, in line with our body being in an elimination cycle in the early mornings, research on water intake has reported that we only need a 2% drop in body water to trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

But research doneon the importance of breakfast doesn’t ask questions about how much people have had to drink. You see, it doesn’t fit in with the hypothesis that needs to be supported by the companies that fund breakfast research. It would not be in their best interests to find that a lack of water and not their breakfast food was what we needed!

Maybe in line with our body’s morning elimination cycle needing water, we need to drink water and do some exercise (and um yes dare I mention that morning sex counts!) rather than eat in order to concentrate.

And remember that water is H20 – meaning it also provides molecules of oxygen. Deep breathing and oxygen increase mental agility and many Japanese companies only employ staff on condition that they exercise three times a week because they believe that it is physical activity that improves mental performance.

And no, for the most part we don't need bottled water either, ordinary old tap water is usually just as good without polluting the world with more plastic bottles.

Breakfast Buzz Myth #3

“You won’t have energy if you don’t eat breakfast.”

I dispute this – I’m bursting with energy in the mornings without having consumed anything except a gulp-size water and lemon.

Again, studies show that a lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue as is eating a diet that is excessive in refined carbohydrates (as are many breakfast cereals by the way) and doing no physical activity.

I can also vouch for the fact that on the days when I don’t get to do exercise I have less energy than on the days when I do and eating low quality carbohydrates is enough to make me really sleepy.

Breakfast buzz myth #4

“You’ll be starving if you don’t eat before you go to work/school.”

How do you naturally eat on weekends or vacations? My 'rule' is that I only eat when my body tells me it's hungry.

and having now worked with thousands of clients – I can tell you that almost everyone I’ve ever worked with tells me they only get hungry between 10-11am. (Unless I’ve eaten a heavy meal late at night – then I wake up ravenous.)

Interestingly enough only getting hungry later in the morning fits in with my body clock – which, as it approaches noon, gets ready to move into its Appropriation cycle.

Breakfast buzz myth #5

“People who don’t eat breakfast struggle to maintain their weight” Here’s what I’ve noticed … if I eat before my body physically asks for food, I still get hungry at about the same- between 10-11am (and I’m not alone in this), so I land up eating twice instead of once.

And naturally, if I don’t eat when I get hungry – then by the afternoon I'm so preoccupied wanting food my eating is out of control. I grab the first food in sight (often nothing nutritious) and guzzle it down.

So those people who don’t eat breakfast before going to work are often at risk for then not eating until lunch by which time they are way too hungry – eat too fast, and eat too much because their hunger is out of control – no wonder they gain weight.

To my way of thinking your body knows best. If your body is actually thirsty and not hungry, it simply isn’t time to eat. Problem is that many of us (40% of participants in one study) can’t tell the difference between thirst and hunger.

My final say on the breakfast buzz

• how much energy do you or don't you have depending on when you eat?
• how is your concentration before you eat?
• what happens when you drink water when you're not hungry and eat when you are?
• what happens to your weight when you eat according to your body's hunger instead of custom and convenience?

Don't accept everything you read just because some or other 'researcher' says it so. Especially when they have a vested interest in having you eat when your body isn't actually asking for food.

The Mind over Fatter Program gives you a step-by-step practical roadmap to help you honour your body and lose weight naturally.

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