Do Your Best With Breakfast

You've probably heard it said a million times before that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So is this true? And if so, why do so many folks go without it?

Let's tackle a few beliefs about breakfast.

I don't eat breakfast because I'm on a diet and want to cut calories

While this might sound logical, it just doesn't work that way. A recent study of 3000 dieters by the University of Colorado's Center for Human Nutrition found that of those that lost weight, 78 per cent ate breakfast every day, another 10 per cent ate it at least five times a week and only four per cent never ate breakfast.

The fact is breakfast helps with weight loss - and avoiding weight gain. If you have a healthy meal to start your day, you are less likely to get the type of hunger pangs later on that may tempt you to stop by the vending machine for chocolate or chips. And by providing your body with an early energy source, you should feel less lethargic and better equipped to fit some exercise into your day.

I don't eat breakfast because I don't have time

What's it take? 15 minutes? It's well worth getting up a little earlier. If you want to perform better, or get more out of your day, you should eat breakfast. The evidence linking adequate nutrition to effective mental cognitive performance is plentiful.

So what are the benefits of daily breakfast?

For starters, breakfast is good for maintaining effective immunity. In other words, skip your brekkie and you're more likely to catch a cold as you catch the train to work, or anywhere else where sneezes are recycled.

It has been found that those who consumed breakfast cereal every day reported better mental and physical health than those who skipped breakfast altogether. "Regular eaters of breakfast, especially breakfast cereal, get fewer and less severe colds than non-consumers", a professor said.

Also, if you eat it at home, it is a meal you have control over. You make it yourself so you can decide what goes in it. This improves your chances of making a healthy choice.

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