The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson,

and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Why breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day for everyone? If you've been reading this blog for any amount of time,

you know I'm always interested in exploring those time-tested bits of advice,

those old wives' tales, that folk wisdom handed down generation over generation,

because they're often right, or at least contain a kernel of truth.

And if a piece of conventional folk wisdom turns out to be wrong or misguided,

understanding why it endured for so many years is a fun exercise and usually reveals other

messages and truths. Today, I'm looking at the importance, or lack thereof, of breakfast. For years, you've

heard how important breakfast is. Your grandma says it. Your doctor probably scolds you if you're

not eating it. We all grew up having this fact. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,

drilled into our subconscious.

Even the people who just don't feel hungry in the morning feel guilty about it and compelled to stuff something into their craws. Is it right or wrong? Before I begin, I'm a little biased.

I follow a compressed eating window from noon or one to about six or seven at night.

On a typical day, I'll wake up and grab a mug of coffee with a splash of heavy cream and a teaspoon of sugar.

And that's it until lunch, my biggest meal of the day.

Since I'm such an effective fat burner, this schedule clearly works for me.

I experience even keeled energy on a

consistent basis. My productivity is high, I'm happy with my physical performance and ability to

recover, and I don't stress over food because I'm just not hungry. It makes things easier overall.

Plus, though solid research in humans is scant on this, I stick to a

compressed eating window to promote autophagy, cellular maintenance, and hedge against aging

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