Do you really loose weight if you skip dinner?

Do you really loose weight if you skip dinner?

This argument has been spread thoughout the fitness scene, and lots of diets are based upon this principle: do not eat later than 6 p.m. (so called “Dinner Cancelling”) or take in maximum a protein shake, or fish and vegetables, and you reduce weight more quickly. But is it really true?

I have done some research on this topic and came across an interesting article written by the German Society For Nutriton. There has been done scientific research on this topic, but no proof was found of a correlation between the time of food consumption and weight loss or weight reduction.

This means you still have to assume that the most important factor for keeping weight, loosing or adding weight, is the relation between caloric intake and consumption. If you want to reduce weight, you have to produce a caloric deficit, for putting on weight (muscle mass) you have to consume a surplus of calories and for keeping weight input should be equal to output. Depending on the training intensity of the day, e.g. in professional sport or after intensive strenght or endurance training, food intake in the evening may even be recommendable.

For now, this case seems to be closed – let`s wait for more scientific research on this topic!

About the Author

Jens Baltrusch has been working worldwide in areas of personal training, sport workshops, multi media production, online marketing and article writing. At the moment, Jens works as entrepreneur in Zurich, Switzerland.