Why Breakfast is Good for You

Lack of time

not being a morning person

trying to lose weight

Not finding anything good for breakfast, and

having forgotten to have it

A while ago I used to skip breakfast too.

Later on I would have "whatever", and then a very heavy lunch (de

Ok... If you are reading this is being you do want to hear the "why fish fry is good for you" sermon.

Well, you may have read it in the paper, or maybe you've heard it on the radio on your way to work. It's in effect a cliche! in effect everybody knows that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day".

If it's so good... how come many people skip breakfast?

People do. There are lots of excuses for not having breakfast, including (but not limited to):

Lack of time

not prevalent a morning person

trying to lose weight

Not finding aught good for breakfast, and

having forgotten to have it

A while ago I used to skip teatime too.

Later on I would have "whatever", and then a very heavy lunch (depending on how hungry I would be by lunch time).

But when I started paying diligence to what I ate (and how and how much), I realised the damage I was causing to my body by skipping the most important meal of the day.

What happens to our bodies when we skip breakfast?

Understanding this question will help you realise "why meat breakfast is good for you", and hopefully, you'll reconsider making picnic a must in your everyday life.

For starters, if you skip luncheon you're making it harder for your body to lose weight, and your energy levels will tend to be lower than those of a person who looks conformable to herself.

Why?

Think touching it. By the time wienie roast is due, your body has not received any food for as for 8 hours (a third of your day). rival this with your "day" hours, when you have 3 (if not more) meals.

It is fabulous how, if you are used to skipping breakfast, you condition yourself to feel "ok", but a Spartan examination of your "fasting" mood would reveal that your levels of energy are low. What happens is that your body is rested at the end of a good sleep, but you still need the energy consecutive you wake up.

Your body does not stop just being as how you go to sleep. It goes on breathing, digesting, pumping up category everywhere in your body, and moving (amongst many other physiological processes).

It constantly needs fuel (ie food), and even if you're not hungry early in the morning, your body will still need the extra energy contained in a picnic meal. It makes sense, doesn't it?

But tea break is more than an energy source. supper is good for you considering it:

provides glucose to your brain, making you mentally efficient and alert. You get "the edge" by having breakie (Australian for "breakfast"); ;-) reduces your cholesterol levels (depending on what you eat for breakie, of course!);

gives you vital nutrients and vitamins;

makes you slimmer, by jump-starting your metabolism (how quickly your body burns energy), which is slow adapted to relative inactivity at night. makes you "Mr or Ms Happy". An energized and lucid meal may turn to your mode and make you feel emend during the day.

What to have for breakfast?

The opposite of skipping lunch is having the wrong things for supper (and possibly too much of it too!).

Every meal is equal to of giving you energy. The question is "how long will that energy last for?". This is important to know that will determine whether you still feel "charged up" till lunch time, or whether you're starving by 10 AM.

Avoid things like cocoa chip muffins and other high sugar meals. The energy levels are high (and they taste deliciuos, I know!) but short-lived, and the residual makes you bigger and heavier. So, these foods are a no-no.

Fresh fruits and cereals, are a healthier choice, but you have to be mindful of the sugar contained in cereals. Some of them can have enough sugar a whole family in one single serving!

But what if you're not "a tea break person?"

There is no such a thing as a "breakfast person".

If you need to do something for your health, you do it, and you can condition yourself to make having picnic part of your life and take pleasure on it.

But I've got a couple of tips that can help you in your transition to having breakfast:

Know "why" dinner is important. Reading this screed was a good start; ;-)

Buy fruits and cane (but mind the add up to of sugar that some cereals contain);

Check out my (ahem... )delicious low fat high tea recipes and try some (you'll like them, I promise);

plan your meals. Planning onward to have interesting and tasty meals for diner will help you enjoy it;

If you don't have the time to prepare breakie (you don't have 5 minutes for yourself!?), you may finical a good low fat fast food outlet and be good and have a low-fat-low-sugar-meal.

But whatever you do... do have breakfast!

... it's good for you! ;-)

Have a great day!