Saturday, May 03, 2008
10 reasons you need breakfast
HERE are 10 reasons why you should have breakfast (from womenfitness.com):
Break the fast. What does “breakfast†mean? Your body responds to not eating for hours and hours by “slowing down.†By eating breakfast, you wake up your metabolism and get your engine humming, burning those calories you need to burn to lose weight.
Eat more, weigh less. Researchers have repeatedly shown that people who eat breakfast have a better chance of losing weight, and keeping it off.
Do better at work and school. Breakfast helps wake you up. Studies show that people who eat breakfast are more alert and do better on tests than people who skip breakfast.
Breakfast is your chance to eat the foods you may not eat the rest of the day. You can’t go wrong with a whole-grain cereal and fruits with nonfat milk — here is your fiber, folic acid and calcium in one easy-to-grab bowl.
Skipping breakfast makes you grouchy. Studies show that people who eat breakfast tend to be in better moods. Breakfast gets you started on the right track for the day.
Cancel the Danish or sugared doughnut. They cause a blood sugar dip a couple of hours later. You’ll be desperate for something to perk you up, and will be more likely to grab another high-sugar refined carb for a quick sugar rush.
Breakfast makes your machine run better. Get yourself on a schedule with a healthy breakfast, and you’re ready to take on the world.
Set a good example for your children. By skipping breakfast, your kids will think it’s not important. Be a good leader. Have a bite.
Don’t eat dessert for breakfast. If you think a glazed doughnut or a breakfast bar with 30 grams of sugar are breakfast items, then think again. Doughnuts are fried lumps of sugared dough, and many breakfast bars should be labeled “candy bars†instead.
Watch out the labels. “Nutritious,†doesn’t necessarily always mean healthy.
Kids’ cereals can have more sugar than candy. Protect your kids from getting hooked on these cereals; they’ll get used to all the sugar, and will want only pre-sweetened cereals.
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