Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day!!!!!

Eating breakfast is the secret to staying healthy. They believe skipping the first meal of the day increases the chances of becoming obese, developing diabetes or even having a heart attack. 
Breakfast is the first and the most important meal of the day. It’s the energy pack which lets you kick out of the dizzy morning feeling and gives you the boost for starting a good morning. Well actually a good breakfast is the recipe for a good morning. Breakfast should be a priority on everybody. It actually sets prepare for the day and promote short-term memory, energy and vitality, mental and physical alertness, focus and concentration, lower levels of stress and a healthier body weight.

Skipping breakfast is a very usual practice among children, teenagers, adolescents and elders who want to reduce their weights. If breakfast is not taken on time, one would feel quite hungry by the lunchtime, and then would not care for the amount and the quality of food that he would consume during his or her lunch.
Studies find that people who skip breakfast are likely to have problems with concentration, metabolism and weight. 


Skipping breakfast especially among children affects mental performance in the class. Children who take breakfast regularly are more active and alert than the children who skip breakfast. Not only mental performance, academic performance and physical performance of the children who take breakfast daily are better than the children who skip breakfast. They perform better in school, pay more attention, are more creative, have higher concentration and score more and better marks in the tests.

Excuses for not eating breakfast could include any of the following:
No time: How much time does it take to eat a bowl of cereal or two toasts and some juice/ milk? You can even eat it on your way to school or work. Making time for breakfast is making time to be healthy.
Not hungry: To get started, don’t eat anything after an early dinner. Eating breakfast will actually help you reach and maintain your healthy weight. Your appetite will be satisfied longer. You’ll be eating food when you can best burn the calories. You’ll feel great.
Don’t like traditional breakfast: You don’t have to eat traditional breakfast foods. Any healthy food is fine.
Don’t like eating breakfast: Sorry it can’t be helped. You’ve got to eat.
Cash on Calories!
One would then think what should a good breakfast be like????

A good breakfast is one that provides at least one third of the day’s calories. It is generally seen that individuals who consume up to a 1/3 of their daily calories in the morning meal will eat less later on that day. The effects of a skipped breakfast are short attention span, lack of alertness, longer reaction time, low blood sugar, decreased work productivity etc. You wouldn’t try and drive an empty car to work would you? So why drive an empty body?
The sky’s the limit. The only limitation is your imagination. Make it a priority. Eat breakfast. Starting your day with a good breakfast:
• Boosts your energy
• Increases your attention span
• Heightens your sense of well-being.
• You’ll be in better control of your emotions.


A Healthy Breakfast should consist of carbohydrate, protein and fibre.
Example:
1. Any one cereal preparation which could be as simple as wheat flakes or oats meal with milk and a fruit.
2. Choose Whole Grain Bread. Have it with an egg made the way you like. If you’re a veggie, try scrambled tofu (soya paneer) or sliced cucumber and tomato with mint chutney.
3. A good example of a full healthy breakfast might be something simple like a hardboiled egg, an orange, and a bowl of whole grain cereal with low fat milk.
4. South Indian breakfasts like idly/dosa/poha/upma with sambar, a sliced banana or strawberries etc.
5. It may include simple low fat vegetable paratha along with a fruit and a cup of milk.