Skipping Breakfast A Mistake You Don’t Want To Make

It has been known for a long time that the most important meal of the day is breakfast, but it's the most skipped meal of the day. All you hear is I'm too busy or I'm so late. Did you know that whenever you skip breakfast, you are telling your body "I want to get fat" it's as simple as that. Eating breakfast is everybody's nutritional priority.

Many studies have concluded 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. So if you are running late at least have fruits like apples, bananas and grapes.

Another thing to keep in mind is 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.

Many people tend to think they are saving time by skipping breakfast. Some think avoiding breakfast would be a good way to reduce calories because they are usually not hungry in the morning but this sets a very bad precedence for your day with negative consequences for your metabolism.

Breakfast got it’s name because it breaks the fast that you went through while you slept. If you skip the first meal of the day, your body gets the message that you are still fasting which slows down your metabolic rate and this is the beginning of a metabolic downward spiral.

Without breakfast, you will start your days activity with very low blood sugar meaning you will be lethargic, have less energy, and will be very hungry. This leads to overeating at the next meal or reaching for an unhealthy mid morning snack, like a candy bar, in order to get extra energy. The other effect is it also makes you eat more during lunch or dinner.

Replace the junk food with natural foods such as fruits are some of the best foods you can have for breakfast. I also try to choose foods that have some protein, good carbohydrates and healthy fats for my first meal of the day.

I have tried Lean Body Instant Breakfast Shakes They are quick, convenient whole-food breakfast solutions when I was in a hurry. They had enough whole food nutrition to keep me going and tasted pretty good also. I also grab a banana or an apple and that beats skipping breakfast.

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.