The saying suggests ‘Eat breakfast like a Queen, lunch like a prince and supper like a pauper’ and it is correct! According to clinical trials by the American Dietetic Association opening your day with a calorie controlled breakfast can have a detrimental affect on your capacity to lose weight.
Yet despite all these statistics point to the contrary, over 30% of individuals still think that missing breakfast can help them to reach their weight loss goals, when the sad reality is: bypassing breakfast can influence weight gain!
A 1994 study for example revealed that children who don’t eat breakfast are twice as likely to become obese in later life than children who regularly ingest breakfast…
Is there an alternative?
Forget the pressures to eat less food and discover why including a hearty breakfast into your eating habits, can in fact aid you to benefit from:
Improved energy – a good breakfast can efficiently boost your metabolic rate (after your night time ‘fast’) and create the momentum of your calorie burn for the remainder of the day. Without a constant supply of glucose, your body cannot work properly leaving you feeling tired, grumpy and fidgety.
Improved cholesterol levels – according to research by the University of Nottingham has revealed, missing breakfast can trigger increased LDL levels due to silly dietary decisions for the entire day. Yet, eat a hearty breakfast enriched in fibre including oatmeal, strawberries and citrus fruits i.e. apples and you can efficiently decrease your cholesterol levels and keep them under wraps.
Bolstered excess weight loss -a study by the National Weight Control Registry has divulged that over 80% of individuals who get rid of 30 pounds or more eat breakfast day
Better work behaviour – decide to eat breakfast first thing in the morning and you can benefit from better concentration, more controlled memory retention and improved problem-solving capabilities
Of course, all of these health improvements only really applies if you can skip the temptation of ingesting croissants, fatty meats and meals that include high sugar, saturates and calories…
To achieve healthy weight loss you eat a good, hearty breakfast cereal where you can easily include bananas, apples, mango, low fat yoghurt, low fat milk and oatmeal into your breakfast – basically all you could need to improve your metabolic rate.
