What did you have in breakfast today morning?

 

There are umpteen number of studies done on whether breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day. There is an old saying which says 'breakfast like a king, lunch like a common man and dinner like a beggar'.

Is this backed by science, that healthy breakfast makes you healthy? And what really makes a heathy breakfast? Although it’s not as simple as 2 + 2 =4 but it’s been clearly and amply found in all the studies that breakfast eaters are healthier than breakfast skippers. One of the most wide-reaching reports is that of the European branch of the World Health Organization, who conducted a health behavior survey of over 200,000 male and female schoolchildren. The report notes that regular breakfast consumption is associated with higher intakes of micronutrients, a better diet that includes fruit and vegetables and less frequent use of soft drinks.

American Heart Institute opines that there is the direct evidence linking breakfast intake both to overall dietary patterns and the presence of cardio-metabolic risk factors. It says, based on the combined epidemiological and clinical intervention data, daily breakfast consumption among US adults may decrease the risk of adverse effects related to glucose and insulin metabolism. 

Many studies have found correlation between eating breakfast and good health. Skipping breakfast has been linked to lack of concentration, diabetes, heart disease and higher levels of bad cholesterol and obesity. Although some one may dis-belief these findings on the premise that it’s because breakfast eaters have healthier habits rather than crediting the breakfast itself. But ultimately it bottles down to the fact that if you do healthy breakfast it will make you healthier and vice versa.

Also, it is amply clear that breakfast gives you much needed shot of energy, vitamins, and minerals much needed by your body after herculean work by your body overnight of repairing itself. Now a million-dollar question comes what should be your breakfast? Your breakfast should be low Glycemic Index, high protein, and micronutrient rich. So that it provides you steady energy throughout the day and boosts your metabolism. Breakfasts which are full of unhealthy carbs disturbs your sugar cycle and puts in in higher risk of diabetes and obesity. Most of the Indians do carb-based breakfasts (idly, poha, upma, paratha) So, are you having right breakfast? Are you skipping breakfast to become lean?