HAPPY BREAKFAST DAY

A healthy kickstart to an active day.

Wonder why your mom is behind you everyday insisting on having breakfast when you leave for college, school or work? Well she is right. Breakfast is important for each one of us. Let’s find out how?

Breakfast which literally means breaking an overnight fast is the first meal of the day. This is the most important meal of the day. Food is digested best in the morning, thus, heavy food stuffs like paranthas, laddoos, etc. can be had in the morning. This is because body is constantly using up energy during night for important metabolic functions like pumping blood to all the parts of the body, breathing, etc. Our body is starving the entire night while we are sleeping and using up stored energy for performing these vital functions. Hence, fueling body early morning is extremely important to maintain adequate blood sugar levels and prevent the body from fatigue and tiredness entire day.

Breakfast is extremely important for children and adolescents, as children who have a proper breakfast are more likely to have better concentration, problem solving skills and better coordination than children who skipped breakfast.

Breakfast eaters are at a lower risk of gaining weight compared to those who skip breakfast. This is because breakfast reduces hunger throughout the day and these people make better choices at lunch and other meals. On the contrary, people who skip breakfast thinking they can save a few calories tend to eat more at lunch and other meals leading to weight gain.

The last meal for us is dinner and the difference between dinner and breakfast is nearly twelve hours. A person who skips breakfast, for him, this duration extends up to 16 hours approximately. Our body is constantly at work and needs energy for the same. If we extend the difference between our dinner and next meal, chances are there that we might get fatigued and tired early. This affects the quality of work we do.

Hence for this, breakfast is needed.

Research says that people who eat breakfast have healthier diet overall. They eat healthy and make healthier choices. Those who consume breakfast cereals consume more vitamins and minerals needed for body function.

Breakfast also plays a role in improving mood as complex carbohydrate cereals have a positive effect on mood.

Research published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition states that “breakfast omission is associated with an increased risk of Type 2 Diabetes in men.”

Having seen the benefits of breakfast, let us check out some healthy breakfast options:

•Oats in milk with apple.

•Egg white omellete with chapatti and orange juice.

•Moong cheela and milkshake.

•Cottage cheese (paneer)/sprouts parantha with lassi (low fat and sugar).

•Broken wheat dalia/lapsi and buttermilk alongwith a fruit.

•Oil free ragi idli/dosa with sambhar alongwith a fruit.

Breakfast provides essential nutrients so that you can start off your day well and stay energetic throughout. Skipping breakfast will have detrimental effect on health in the long run.

So, eat your breakfast wisely and stay energetic!


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