1. Does breakfast jumpstart your metabolism?

Your body uses energy for every part you do, including eating. Energy is required to store food in your stomach, transport it to your small intestine, absorb it (into the bloodstream) and digest it. In technical terms, that is often called “diet-induced thermogenesis.” This, together together with your basal metabolic rate and physical activity, determines your every day calorie intake. If you burn more calories than you devour, you drop extra pounds.

So, does breakfast jumpstart your metabolism? Studies on this topic are inconclusive. It continues to be unclear whether this diet-induced thermogenesis after breakfast stimulates your metabolism, making you burn more calories.(1)