Why Breakfast is Important

How many times have our mothers chided us over the kitchen table about breakfast? A good breakfast is the foundation of a great day. You need to eat and fuel yourself so you don't run out of energy. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. If only we had listened more to Mom instead of certain television advertisements, which try to convince us otherwise!

In this age of fast cars, fast technology and fast food, the traditional sit-down breakfast seems to be relegated to weekend mornings, when the pace is much slower and there are no deadlines to observe. Come Monday, the work and school weeks are back in full force, and breakfast becomes an afterthought. A cup of coffee on the commute, a granola bar tossed into a backpack. Is it any wonder many of feel unhealthy and keep poor diets throughout the day? Without that healthy breakfast, the foundation for good eating crumbles.

While it may sound strange to some, the fact remains that in order to lose weight, one must eat. True, when one thinks of dieting it seems logical to stop eating, but starvation can do more harm than good to a body. When the body is denied food, it is also denied the necessary proteins and carbohydrates needed to live. The brain may have difficulty functioning, limbs move more slowly, and when the body cannot find what it needs to burn energy it goes into what is already stored. You might think that starvation would trick the body into mining fat deposits and making them disappear, but in reality it is muscle being lost. While muscle weighs more than fat, it is definitely something you want to keep!

Breakfast need not be a grandiose affair every morning. If your schedules appear to be unforgiving, you can enjoy two smaller meals, one at home and a post-breakfast snack to keep up your energy. Try to include some protein and fiber in your morning meal. The temptation to grab a doughnut and coffee is always great, but sweets and pastries loaded with sugar and fat will not provide as much healthy fuel for your body as an egg and a small bowl of high-fiber cereal will. Try it for a week, get up twenty minutes earlier if necessary, and see how much better you will feel.

Kat Lively is a freelance health writer for Compuslim, hoodia pills for appetite suppression, FlowCushion, the ergonomic seat cushion for home and office, and for Rainfloresta, quality acai products for good health.