Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Skipping breakfast impairs evening performance 🪫

If you're an athlete, don't skip breakfast!

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 15, 2024
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Omission of a carbohydrate-rich breakfast impairs evening endurance exercise performance despite complete dietary compensation at lunch

Background

Skipping breakfast is a common dietary strategy to reduce calorie intake and lose body fat, or could be due to poor planning 📉

But does it impair athletic performance? 🧐

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