Food For Thought. Why Eat Breakfast?
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Right? There are tons of of things to see and do. Everywhere we turn, there are tons of yummy things to eat too! Well, I’ve never been one to skip breakfast but at this time of the year, we are busy and may skip this all so important meal. I’ve done a little research to encourage you to take a little extra time in the morning to feed your body and brain. If you think you are saving calories for that office fruitcake or eggnog, think again! Breakfast is believed to increase the metabolic rate and decrease chances of eating larger portions of less healthy foods. So, skipping is not a good idea. Here are some more facts:
Amplify’d from www.webmd.com
Kids Need Their Morning Meal
When kids skip breakfast, they can end up going for as long as eighteen hours without food, and this period of semistarvation can create a lot of physical, intellectual, and behavioral problems for them.
A Good Investment
By recharging your brain and your body, you’ll be more efficient in just about everything you do. Interestingly, studies show that kids who skip breakfast are tardy and absent from school more often than children who eat breakfast on a regular basis.
Break the Fast to Shed the Pounds
Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals. To teens, especially teenage girls, skipping breakfast may seem like a perfectly logical way to cut down on calories and lose weight. It’s important for moms to educate their kids about the importance of the morning meal and the role it plays in maintaining good health and preventing obesity.
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