WHY IS BREAKFAST SO IMPORTANT?

Good Morning and Rise and Shine! :)

It is time to get the day started. We all know that by starting the day it is going to require a healthy breakfast, but If you are one that likes to skip breakfast and just grab the good ole cup of joe to get you moving in the morning then it is important to read this. Breakfast is going to be the most important meal of the day. Without breakfast you will feel the effects that it has on your body throughout the day. Its even more important that children get breakfast everyday. Sending them off to school without a healthy breakfast can actually lead to learning problems and even behavioral issues.

While we adults need to eat breakfast each day to perform our best, kids need it even more. Their growing bodies and developing brains need the proper nutrition that it takes to help them grow and develope. When kids skip breakfast, they can end up going for long periods of time without food and this can create a lot of physical, learning , and behavioral problems for them. If you are always skipping breakfast to just save time, calories, or to get a few more minutes of shut eye, remember that eating a healthy morning meal will save you time in the long run. By recharging the brain and body, you will be able to perform better throughout the day. Studies have shown that kids who skip breakfast are tardy and absent from school more often than children who eat breakfast everyday. Preparing a good breakfast could be as simple as a piece of fruit if time is an issue. Taking the time to make breakfast in the morning is much more important than a few more minutes of sleep. If you and your kids seem unable to take the time for breakfast, you may want to see about getting your children in a school breakfast program, or just simply have fruit on hand or even juice that can be eaten on the way to school and work. Some people will also skip breakfast because they want to lose weight. but it will more and likely cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast has been linked to obesity. So according to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make losing weight more difficult. That is because people that skip breakfast more and likely will eat more food than usual at the next meal or snack on high calorie foods to keep from feeling hungry. Studies have shown that people can accumulate more body fat when they eat less bigger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in less, more frequent meals.So the next time you decide or think about skipping breakfast just know that you will be doing your body and mind a great injustice.