If you wake up not hungry, a person who listens to their body doesn’t eat. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is a slogan with a long history — it has been advocated in those words since 1917 — and the science behind it is weaker than the phrase implies. Eating when you’re not hungry trains you to ignore the very signals you’re trying to cultivate.
This companion covers what the breakfast evidence actually shows, why the habit persists, and how to tell morning hunger from morning routine. (4 min read)
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