Dr. Sarah Heller reported on this morning’s Today Show that B-vitamins and magnesium are play a role in weight-loss, and that too little of either or both can dramatically slow metabolism. And, of course, she insisted that everyone interested in losing weight absolutely must eat breakfast.

Problem is, I’m not a breakfast person. Or, more accurately, I’m not a cereal person. I also don’t like cooking first-thing in the morning, but if someone else does the cooking I’m happy to scarf down Eggs Benedict or an old-fashioned British fry-up. Those, unfortunately, don’t help the battle of the bulge at all and, besides, hiring someone to whip them up for me is a bit cost-prohibitive.

So mostly I skip breakfast and try to drown out the nagging little voice (which sounds much like my mother’s) that tells me it’s “the most important meal of the day”. See, I already know that voice is lying: the most important is the one I’m eating next.

But I do get the point: breakfast is a good way to get the metabolism going, and making it high in whole grains may reduce belly fat, my biggest body bugaboo.

Still, is it asking too much for a study finding that martinis are good at reducing an ass that’s soon going to need led tail lights?

Tags: losing weight, metabolism, weight loss