The Importance of Breakfast (Weight! Don’t tell me!)
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast is the first chance the body has to refuel its glucose levels, also known as blood sugar, after eight to 12 hours without a meal or snack. Glucose is essential for the brain and is the main energy source. People who do not take breakfast are going to have lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration. (from http://www.healthmad.com)
The first thing many people do when they want to lose a little weight is to skip breakfast and skimp on lunch. Then they go crazy at night and chow down with too little time left to metabolize those calories before sleep. Skipping breakfast causes the body to go into a “starvation mode” which slows the metabolism, contributing to weight gain.
The American Dietetic Association says breakfast is the most important meal of the day.Despite the healthful benefits, breakfast may be the meal that is most often neglected or skipped. Eating breakfast not only aids in weight management, it fuels the body to help provide energy, better concentration and problem-solving ability throughout the day, according to the food and nutrition experts at the American Dietetic Association.
Forty years of breakfast related studies show that jump starting the day with breakfast benefits everyone — children, teens and adults. “Eating breakfast is very important for the brain and the body first thing in the morning”, said Los Angeles registered dietitian Gail Frank, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. “Breakfast skippers often feel tired, restless or irritable in the morning.” (http://www.bellybytes.com/articles/breakfast2.shtml)
If you want to maintain a good weight, the first thing to do, is to adjust the “when” of your eating rather than the “what.” Of course you want to eat healthier foods, but many people try to eat better while continuing bad habits about WHEN they eat. Changing the “what” often needs to be addressed with patience and study, so get going with this simple when approach right off the bat and you will be in better shape for the long haul.
Of course there are some breakfasts that are healthier than others, but the important first step is to eat one!
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By alfrdo on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
I don’t eat breakfast,but because I work swing shift;
my meals are at different times of the day…
By Stefanie on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
An interesting point, Alfredo. It is best to think of breakfasting as a function rather than literally, as in a morning meal. Definitions may help here.
Breakfast:
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
Etymology:
1463, from break (v.) + fast (n.). Cf. Fr. déjeuner “to breakfast,” from L. dis-jejunare “to break the fast.” The verb is recorded from 1679.
In the definition, note the use of “usually” rather than “always.”
In the etymology note that “to break the fast” indicates discontinuing a period of not eating (ie during sleep) which for a majority is at night, but for swing shifters like yourself would be following your main period of sleep, whenever that happens to be.
By alfredo on Jul 17, 2008 | Reply
Every one of us has different nutritional needs;and personal diets or eating habits.but if you eat the correct balance diet;you will not need drugs to cure your self,and is simple:3 fruits,mix veg.salad,ham and halapeno cheese sandwitch,and 3 bottles of juice;1 ensure and my supplements b12 calcium,omega 3 …it work for me,no drugs,just weed
I be 66 in january…
By alfredo on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply
My quest:Longivity,flexivility,the simple way of mantening your body healty.energy its the food we put in it;and for some breakfast its a must;because
they need food for energy to get up;that means to me
the they are weak.because after 6 or 8 hours of sleep you suppose to be full of energy and the meal you eat last;the day before plus your 6 or 8 hour sleep is when you rebuild your cells.
My rule of 3×3 you can go wrong..it works for me.