Breakfast - The Most Important Meal Of The Day

You cannot start your day without any fuel can you?

A strong connection has been discovered between an unhealthy breakfast and many health-related problems. As you might know, our body consists of more than 100 trillion cells which need 114 variety of nutrients during the day.

What you ate yesterday consists of two major groups of elements.

* The first group supplies energy (proteins, fats, carbohydrates). 2.The second group supplies building materials (amino acids, vitamins, minerals, micro elements, etc.)

You expended energy yesterday when you were awake and your body used the building materials at night to regenerate itself.

In addition, your body has also expended 1 litre of water during the night through breathing and sweating, as well as your morning visit to the bathroom.

* So your body wakes up “empty” in the morning and, for its 100 trillion cells, it begs you, “pls give me back all the nutrients, energy and water I expended in the last 24 hours.”

* Eating breakfast improves your concentration, alertness and overall performance and keeps you going through the day. It is designed to kick start your metabolism and make sure that your body functions are working properly as meant for.

But I never eat breakfast and I'm fine!

* You may at times not feel hungry or thirsty in the morning, but it’s just a matter of time. For some people figuring out why you can’t face food in the morning can be tricky. Sometimes it’s just a long-standing habit – you just never got into the breakfast routine. And, since you manage to get through your morning okay, you just tell yourself you don’t really need to eat.

* Maybe you aren’t hungry in the morning because you routinely eat an enormous dinner and snack all night until bedtime. Maybe you simply don’t like breakfast items of food or you just rely on a pot of strong coffee or Tea to get you going. Remember you will lack the mental and physical energy you need to get through your workout and your workday if you don't provide right fuel to your body.

* In a nutshell, while asleep, the body is in recovery mode and essentially fasting. Once you get up and start moving, you are running on empty. If the body isn't nourished quickly, it starts holding onto fat and burning muscle instead, which is a less-than-ideal scenario whether you are trying to tone up or slim down. Muscle is essential for burning fat - the less you have, the slower your metabolism. In essence, your body's calorie-burning potential slows down.

* Breakfast is a meal with many misconceptions. While some people skip it completely with the fond hope of losing weight with assumption of reduced calories, others stuff themselves with lot of food, because they feel that after 8-10 hours of fasting, body requires lot of food once they get up from their sleep. Unfortunately either i.e. skipping or stuffing will actually make you put on more fat.

* So if the breakfast is delayed or skipped, the body may lose muscle as the body uses it as a protein source and if the muscle is lost, the energy burning capacity of the body gets reduced. The reduced energy burning capacity means more food gets converted into fat instead of energy. So skipping the breakfast makes a person actually Fat instead of Fit!

* Making the right choices of food for breakfast is as important as the meal itself. If you start your day on a high-carbohydrate, high-fat, high-sugar meal you are going to end up feeling sluggish and lethargic in the morning itself.

* Your choice in the morning has a huge effect on your day, too much sugar causes pancreas to release insulin bringing down blood sugar. Low blood sugar causes fat storage, fatigue and compromises the immune system. You will feel hungry very quickly and crave once again for simple carbohydrates or sugars.

Select a breakfast which:

• Provides body with the vital nutrients and water it needs

• Provides more energy from proteins rather than all from carbohydrates

• Balances energy levels and maintains normal blood sugar level

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