Breakfast Facts

• Break the fast – ever think of what “breakfast” means? Your body responds to not eating for hours and hours by slowing down its metabolic rate. By eating breakfast, you wake up your metabolism and get your engine humming, burning  calories you need to lose weight
• Eat more, weigh less  – research has repeatedly shown that people who eat breakfast have a better chance of losing weight, and keeping it off. When you skip meals, you may find you make less healthy choices and also eat too quickly
• Do better at work or school – studies show that people who eat breakfast are more alert and effective than people who skip breakfast
• Breakfast is your chance to eat the food you may not eat the rest of the day- you can have whole-grain cereal and berries with non-fat milk which will give you your fibre, folic acid and calcium in a bowl
• Skipping breakfast makes you grouchy – studies show that people who eat breakfast tend to be calmer and have less mood swings
• Cancel the Danish, cereal bar or sugared doughnut – first thing in the morning they can cause a blood sugar dip and a couple of hours later you’ll be desperate for something to perk you up.  You are more likely to grab another high-sugar refined carb for a quick sugar rush
• Set a good example – if you are a parent, by skipping breakfast, your kids will think breakfast is not important. It doesn’t have to be a big affair – just make it a healthy habit for everyone

Breakfast is one meal you don’t want to miss – agree?