Kingly Breakfast...

Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dine like a Pauper..

well-known but the most neglected fact right?.

During a busy morning, it's easy to let breakfast fall low in your list of priorities, but taking just a few minutes to have something to eat can really make a difference to your day. Every one of us might have heard that a healthy breakfast is the key to start your day with a bang.

After eight hours of starvation, our body needs adequate nutrition to initiate its regular activities. And quality, complex carbohydrates give us the energy we need to start the day. A healthy breakfast not only helps in weight management but also maintains your blood sugar levels. The NHS says...

"Eating breakfast has long term health benefits.  It can reduce obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes."

Breakfast provides the body and brain with fuel after an overnight fast - that's where its name originates, breaking the fast!  Without breakfast you are effectively running on empty, like trying to start the car with no petrol!

Something which I just read when I was searching for the benefits of breakfast is as follows.

Breakfast benefits: Source of Energy

Nutritionists advise that breakfast should be eaten within two hours of waking and a healthy breakfast should provide calories in the range of 20-35% of your guideline daily allowance (GDA).

Apart from providing us with energy, breakfast foods are good sources of important nutrients such as calcium, iron and B vitamins as well as protein and fiber.  The body needs these essential nutrients and research shows that if these are missed at breakfast, they are less likely to be compensated for later in the day.  Fruit and vegetables are good sources of vitamins and minerals so try to include a portion of your daily five at breakfast, whether that be a banana or glass of fruit juice.

Breakfast benefits: Weight Control

Breakfast can be good for waistline too, research shows those who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight and more likely to be within their ideal weight range compared with breakfast skippers.  If you skip breakfast, you're more likely to reach for high sugar and fatty snacks mid-morning.

Many studies, in both adults and children, have shown that breakfast eaters tend to weigh less than breakfast skippers.

One theory suggests that eating a healthy breakfast can reduce hunger throughout the day, and help people make better food choices at other meals. While it might seem you could save calories by skipping breakfast, this is not an effective strategy. Typically, hunger gets the best of breakfast-skippers, and they eat more at lunch and throughout the day. 

Breakfast benefits: Cognitive function

Breakfast also restores glucose levels, an essential carbohydrate that is needed for the brain to function.  Many studies have shown how eating breakfast can improve memory and concentration levels and it can also make us happier as it can improve mood and lower stress levels.  In studies amongst children, breakfast can improve attainment, behaviour and has been linked to improved grades.  Just like any other organ in the body, the brain needs energy to work at its best!

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Enjoy Breakfast..