Dr. Herring had a much more thoughtful and scientific response, but my off the cuff one:
Given that I had to wake up at 5:30 and catch a carpool to work each day, actually cooking breakfast just didn't work, so I ate the donuts too. And gained about 50 lbs while I worked there. Oddly enough, just before that job, when I was going to college, I didn't eat breakfast either, but there were no free donuts so I didn't eat anything, or maybe bought a latte, and I was skinny then. As Dr. Herring points out, finances have something to do with it, but even when I had some spending money, there is something about the idea of "free" that is awfully alluring.
Anyway, I think someone should do a scientific study of the "Donut Factor in the American Workplace". You can eat free donuts in many workplaces, but I never once saw free eggs over easy, bacon, fruit, vegies, or smoked salmon (although one place had a free latte machine for employees, which wasn't too bad). Mind you the places I worked in had mostly college-educated folks that you would expect to know better, but even when I take my kids to the doctor, there are often donuts or pizza available for the staff there too, so I think this may be a pretty common phenomenon.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM, hillrunner_tx <preedntx@aol.com> wrote:
There was an article that came out in the last week that notes people who skip breakfast, etc., typically gain 2" around their waist and their cholesterol levels typically get elevated.
As an adjunct, a fitness author, Anthony Colpo, devoted an entire section of his on site Blog about Intermittent Fasting and warned against using the approach.
Would be interested in Dr. Herring's thoughts.
Also, is the Fast 5 website temporarily down or no longer in service? Have not been able to access it.
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