| Title: |
The Impact of Breakfast Consumption or Omission on Exercise Performance and Adaptations: A Narrative Review |
| Authors: |
Matthew T. Stratton; Shelley L. Holden; Ray Davis; Austin T. Massengale |
| Source: |
Nutrients ; Volume 17 ; Issue 2 ; Pages: 300 |
| Publisher Information: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| Subject Terms: |
breakfast; resistance training; endurance training; fat loss; muscle gain; exercise nutrition; exercise adaptations |
| Subject Geographic: |
agris |
| Description: |
Background: Breakfast is often termed the most important meal of the day. However, its importance to acute and chronic adaptations to exercise is currently not well summarized throughout the literature. Methods: A narrative review of the experimental literature regarding breakfast consumption’s impact on acute and chronic exercise performance and alterations in body composition prior to November 2024 was conducted. To be included in this review, the selected investigations needed to include some aspect of either endurance or resistance training performance and be conducted in humans. Results: These findings suggest that breakfast consumption may benefit acute long-duration (>60 min) but not short-duration (60 min in length. However, the morning meal’s impact on resistance training and changes in body composition appears to be minimal. Although, as the body of literature is limited, future investigations are needed to truly ascertain the dietary practice’s impact. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Sports Nutrition; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu17020300 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/nu17020300 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020300 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C468E986 |
| Database: |
BASE |