Break the Fast !

Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day,and there are good reasons for that.

There’s a reason why people have said for many years that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. After six, seven or eight hours of sleep, your body and brain need some fuel to power and prepare them for the day ahead. Like a car, you can’t run on an empty tank, you need some petrol.

 Food is fuel. Many studies have emphasized the importance of breakfast. If you want to make the most of your day, fuel your body early with the right stuff.

A good breakfast provides the nutrients that you need to start your day off right.

Studies shows that students who eat a good breakfast do better in studies than who do not!

Studies have even linked healthy breakfasts with less chronic disease, increased longevity and better health. Starting your day with a good breakfast boosts your energy, increases your attention span, and heightens your sense of well-being. You’ll be in better control of your emotions. A good breakfast is one that provides at least one third of the day’s calories.     

Most people give a variety of reasons for not eating  breakfast. A common reason is that they are not hungry in the early morning, which is because of eating a full heavy meal late in the evening or late snacking. When they go to bed, the body is still busy digesting all that food. Digestion then goes into a slower gear during the hours of sleep and there is still food in the stomach in the morning. The stomach needs a rest too. A tired stomach does not feel like digesting a big breakfast. 

Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.

According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals. To some people skipping breakfast may seem like a perfectly logical way to cut down on calories and lose weight. It’s important for us to recognize the benefits of having a well balanced breakfast!

When you get up in the morning, your glucose or blood sugar level is at its lowest point in the day. Glucose is the basic fuel for the brain and central nervous system. A good breakfast will keep you from being tired and irritable by mid-morning.

The effects of a skipped breakfast are short attention span, lack of alertness, longer reaction time, low blood sugar, decreased work productivity. Surely, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Take time to eat a large, balanced breakfast. It’s a good investment of your time.

REMEMBER

“HEALTH IS BY CHOICE NOT BY CHANCE”!

the choice is yours…..

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