King at breakfast, prince at lunch, pauper at supper

[CathyN]

I may be unusual but I had never heard this saying before yesterday. Eat like a King at breakfast, a Prince at lunch, a pauper at supper. I think it might be a very useful mantra for me personally, and perhaps others with diabetes.

Pretty straightforward and logical really.

I've been starting to think of my body as a vehicle, my food as fuel. What's the use of filling up and then going nowhere??? (i.e. eating a dinner in the evening and then more or less doing nothing except sitting down and eventually going to bed). Whereas in the morning I have a big journey ahead of me in the shape of an active day - so filling up on fuel before that is logical.

For the two days I've been putting this into practice, my fasting/morning BG has been exceptionally good (compared to what it often is - 5.7mmol/L instead of the late sixes). I know it's not definite, but it may be something to do with this change!

Worth a try!!

Bye for now :wave:

 

[Patch]

This is something that I've often thought about. But I can't face the idea of NOT eating a large supper - and eating a large breakfast.

I do th eopposite of this - no breakfast, medium lunch, large supper. I always have.

I REALLY wish I had the power to try to eat like that.

 

[noblehead]

Never heard of it myself, I do like a good meal in the evening as I don't eat anything after until breakfast.

 

[anna29]

I dont eat breakfast , lite nibble only at lunchtime , and eat like a 'queen' at later evening time

Keep fuelled up on coffee in the mornings though - always need 2 strong cuppa's to get me going :thumbup:
Wish I 'could' eat a hearty breakfast never did - never can - never have ...

Anna.

 

[GraceK]

It's a very old expression - 'Breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and supper like a Pauper.' - indicating that we should reduce our food intake as the day goes on ... therefore we'll be hungry in the morning and ready to Breakfast like a King again.

But our working lives don't allow us to live that way most of the time. We don't have time for the large breakfast before work, so we're running on empty for most of the day and starving by teatime, when we make up for it all before going to bed. Our bodies need rest at night, not to be digesting food, so we then end up with gastric problems.

I think the Breakfast like a King is probably the most natural way to eat but the majority of human beings have forgotten what 'natural' is now, myself included. We live according to the demands of commerce and electric lighting, not natural lighting, we have foods available to us out of season, and we have food available at any time of day or night - so our bodies don't actually respond as they should any more. It's no wonder we're all sick in some way or other. :roll:

 

[izzzi]

Well why not take some advice from a wise Doctor.

Tory MP Phillip Lee, a practising GP, said people who eat doughnuits for breakfast should be charged for their prescriptions

He could become Prime Minister and make us all paupers by tea time.

Roy