What is chrononutrition?

Chrononutrition is a method developed in 1986 by Dr. Alain Delabos and medically tested by scientists at the IREN (European Institute for Research on Nutrition), it allows to lose weight without depriving itself . This technique is not a diet per se. It consists in completely and definitively reorganizing one's daily diet according to one's nutritional needs. Indeed, based on the principle of the clock. The method allows us to consume all foods usually prohibited by conventional diets, but at the right time of day. Imagine being able to eat bread, cheese, chocolate, traditional dishes like cassoulet or sauerkraut, steaks and fries. On the other hand, the quantities depend on your characteristics and you will not be able to eat these foods at any time of the day. Like any diet, it will require changing dietary habits and incorporate the recommendations of chrononutrition to lose weight or stay slim.

How it works ?

According to Dr. Delabos, our eating habits are almost always responsible for our figure . We do not all grow in the same way and we do not all thin in the same way. On this observation, Dr. Delabos proposes morphonutrition , a technique that makes it possible to evaluate the morphology of the person and to obtain his morphotype. It's like a track, an indicator that allows you to have personal recommendations to slim down in a specific place: "Show me your shapes, I'll tell you how you eat." Dr. Delabos states that this analysis of the morphotype is based on a patented calculation method that has been validated by IREN. Morphonutrition therefore makes it possible to obtain a personalized nutritional program. For this, we measure several parameters such as weight and certain measurements (chest, waist, wrist, hip size, size). It will be the silhouette that will assess the eating behavior and it will be the evolution of the latter that will show if the person follows the recommendations.

For example, if we are Hourglass type (large hips and belly but no fat accumulated at the waist), morphonutrition says that you have a diet too sweet. If all the unsightly overweight is down the body and you're pretty thin up, we have a morphotype "Cheops" and we eat too much plant and not enough protein.

Chrononutrition: the menu of a typical day

Chrononutrition takes up the old adage: " king's breakfast, prince's lunch and poor man's dinner".

The body secretes hormones (insulin and cortisol) about every 4 hours . That's why whenever our body requires food to function properly, it's important to bring the right foods at the right time.

This translates into: from fat to breakfast , a dense meal at lunch , sweet to taste and light to dinner (those who are not hungry can even skip dinner because in the evening, the body consumes a lot less energy).

BREAKFAST
The breakfast must be rich after the night, the body needs energy to attack the day. We allow ourselves a cheese, bread with a little butter, 1 egg and a hot drink (no milk and no sugar).

LUNCH
We take care not to eat too much at lunch and focus on animal protein and starchy foods. For example one can take, white meat or fish associated with pasta or rice and a few green vegetables. For dessert, we can end with a white cheese with red fruits.

TO TASTE
The snack is very important, the goal is to steal the appetite not to throw on the dinner. We give way to dark chocolate, or a handful of hazelnuts or almonds. You can enjoy nibbling fresh fruit or a glass of natural fruit juice.

HAVING DINNER
For dinner, we opt for a very light diet and easily assimilable food: fish, seafood, white meat with a small bowl of vegetables.

To learn more: Mincir tailor-made thanks to chrononutrition - Jean Delabos (Michel Albin ed)