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Even though everyone's breakfast choices are personal, based on their taste, health, and metabolism – if you are trying to lose weight you need to eat according to your gender. According to a new study, both men and women process and store energy from foods in different ways, affecting their weight loss.

Scientists from the University of Waterloo in Canada have zeroed in on two models incorporating multiple organs describing key sex-based variations in metabolic responses to food after fasting for several hours.

"Whether attempting to lose weight, maintain weight, or just keep up your energy, understanding your diet's impact on your metabolism is important," said Stephanie Avo, computational biologist.

According to the research published in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine, for men's metabolisms – they should incorporate meals that are packed with carbohydrates like oats and grain for breakfast.

Since oats are rich in fibre – they promote fullness, ease the insulin response, and benefit gut health. Oats are also a source of vitamins B and E and minerals like magnesium. Also being nutritionally rich, grains have protein and antioxidants, which aid several systems of a man's body.

Researchers suggest for women's metabolism - meals with more fat are better, which include omelets and avocados.

For women's health – avocados are among the best foods as they help lower the risk of cervical and breast cancer, facilitate fat loss, help better reproductive health, especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and aid in weight management.

According to these suggestions based on a model made by Abo, it is important to cover metabolic processes across multiple parts of the body - including the heart, liver, and gastrointestinal tract, as well as across skeletal muscle and adipose or fat tissue.

Also, the model includes an extensive number of metabolites like glucose, glycogen, insulin, and free fatty acids which have been tracked across times of eating and fasting.

Key to the findings of the study were the different ways in which men and women break down fats for energy after eating, which then plays into food choices that would complement rather than interfere with those metabolic processes. "Since women have more body fat on average than men, you would think that they would burn less fat for energy, but they don't," said Abo. "The results of the model suggest that women store more fat immediately after a meal but also burn more fat during a fast," she added.

According to the research, a biological process known as the TG-FFA or the triglyceride fatty acid cycle - a process that involves the breakdown and resynthesis of stored fat—could be responsible for these differences in energy use and fat storage.

"Lifestyle is a big factor in our overall health," said Abo. "We live busy lives, so it's important to understand how seemingly inconsequential decisions, such as what to have for breakfast, can affect our health and energy levels," she said.

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