Healthy breakfast = Healthy All Day

What mom’s have known and preached forever has been corroborated by science. A recent study determined that a good breakfast may be the most important meal of the day. Reuters Health reported this last week.

When researchers looked at the results of American adults they found that people who ate lower calorie foods for breakfast tended to have a higher quality diet overall. This was reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2008.

When broken down further, men who ate a healthy breakfast generally weighed less, and women who ate breakfast, seemed to weigh less than those who skipped the morning meal.
This reinforced other studies that found out that breakfast eaters are less likely to be overweight, and eating a healthy breakfast rather than pastry, is the key.

So if you have a high fiber cereal for your morning meal rather than a ham and three cheese omelet or even skipping the meal altogether you are off to a better day already.
The thing that was different in this study was the suggestion that low calorie breakfast foods seem to lead to better food choices for the rest of the day. This in may help people to control their weight better.

For example, fruits, vegetables and high-fiber whole grains, are low in energy density, while a Cheese Danish, or jelly doughnuts have a high energy density.What struck me about this research was what my mom and grandmother used to tell me back when I was about 10. “Eat a good breakfast if you want to be healthy”

So now I am reminded again to eat a low energy dense breakfast, and my wife should also eat breakfast, and in addition choose low energy density foods throughout the day.