Breakfast is a very important part of our diet. If we are in habit of skipping our breakfast, here are some very important reasons why we should not do this....
Break-the-fast, after going hours without food we, finally get up in the morning and need lots of energy to kick start the day. Only breakfast can provide us with this energy.
If we’re of those who’re still not having their breakfast, now is the time to change that habit.
Here are some extremely important reasons why!
Why we should never avoid breakfast :
1. Breakfast improves oour metabolism :
Our blood sugar level drops down in the morning. We need food that can provide us energy to get through the morning. Body needs fuel to keep it running and the night is the longest gap in the refueling process. To make sure our metabolism keeps on going we need to have something within 2 hours of waking up.
2. Keeps us on track if we’re looking to lose weight:
Researchers have found that those who eat breakfast tend to maintain and lose weight. Though people skip breakfast in the hope of losing weight they tend to eat more during lunch or even choose unhealthier options later on which results into weight gain.
3. Helps to maintain insulin response:
Skipping meals leads to a hyper insulin response when calories are consumed later on. That means the level of insulin in blood is more than the glucose level which can lead to metabolic disorder. This in turn results in to fat accumulation.
4. Helps perform better at work/school:
Hungry employees and students don’t do any good at work/school. When we are hungry we are irritable and disinterested which reflects on our work too. Breakfast helps you to wake up and makes us attentive.
5. Burns those calories early:
If we have breakfast we can burn those calories early! How is that? Well, instead of going hungry till lunch and then hogging on something loaded with calories with fewer hours left in the day to burn it consider refueling our self early and getting enough time to burn those calories.
6. Aids in setting a good example:
If we have kids, we always want to set a good example for them. By having breakfast on time we will show the quality of leadership by example.
7. Gets us our essential nutrients first thing in the morning:
There are food which we have only as a part of our breakfast like cereals, fruits and milk. If we bypass our breakfast we might never get those nutrients.
8. Skipping breakfast can make us grumpy:
Oh yes! If we have been skipping breakfast and are in bad mood, we probably should know why. Not having breakfast makes us grouchy. We might not even realise it and keep wondering why we’re so irritable!
Apart from all these reasons to have our breakfast there are few things we should always keep in mind:
Never have dessert for breakfast, it will cause blood sugar loss later on and we will be tempted to eat even more.
Read the labels carefully, even if it says ‘nutritious’ look into the details and understand if our body needs that kind of food to start the day.
"A healthy breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” says Dr Jyothi Prasad, chief dietitian, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. “There’s a nearly ten-hour long gap between dinner and breakfast, during which the body is on fast mode".
As the name suggests, "Breakfast is the meal you eat to break that fast” explains Dr Prasad, “It refuels your body with essential nutrients to kick-start your day. So don’t skip it.”
DISCLAIMER: Taken from various internet sources ..!