There is new research that muddies the waters of common thought. It had been long suggested that breakfast is a very important part of monitoring daily caloric intake. Originally, it was thought that skipping breakfast would keep the metabolism (engine that burns calories) slow and make us so hungry that we over consumed at lunch. New research suggests that neither is as big of a deal as we thought. If your not hungry, don't force yourself to eat.
I think that they could be only answering part of the question. If we over consume at any meal, we store. So if breakfast is 500 calories and lunch is 700 calories but someone only eats 1000 calories at lunch...Don't they save calories?
The quick answer is yes, but what about the storage of the extra 300 calories consumed at lunch. Beyond what we need the body will store calories as fat. My understanding is that stored fat is one of the last type of calories to be used. Our bodies tend to be selfish with them.
For weight management, it would never make sense to add to our storage. We are continually trying to "unstore"! Whatever you do or don't do for breakfast, don't over-consume for lunch.
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