Fascinating Breakfast benefits & some fun facts

Certain diets may have some fasting sessions or other reasons to skip breakfast, there are benefits for those who eat sensible plate containing healthy stuff in the morning. If you are wondering how then keep reading my blog...

1. YOU’RE LITERALLY BREAKING A FAST

The time between your last meal and morning is usually the longest period in which your body goes without fuel. Eating within two hours of waking up influences levels of glucose (blood sugar), and the insulin that brings glucose to cells to be used for energy, are regulated for the remainder of the day. By skipping breakfast you not only do injustice with your body but with your brain too.  Plus, the longer you put your stomach empty, the hungrier you’ll be when you sit down to eat. Stuffing yourself with unhealthy food early in the morning will cause your glucose to ebb and flow; creating unbalanced energy levels and makes you eat more.

 

2. REDUCED RISK OF HEART DISEASES

People who skip their breakfast overeat the rest of the time and overeating is cause of weight gain which can lead to high cholesterol and blood pressure issues. Studies have shown that breakfast eaters have lower incidences of heart disease than those who don't eat breakfasts.

 

3. IT KEEPS YOU TUNED IN

If you make a sensible bowl of oatmeal in breakfast is just as important for focus and concentration as it is for physical exertion. Through various studies, it is found that subjects fed oats had a better ability to memorize and absorb information than those who didn’t eat at all.

 

Quirky Breakfasts Facts

•             Breakfast food is a surprisingly recent invention.

•             Yogurt for breakfast is a very recent phenomenon in the U.S.

•             It’s probably not, in fact, the most important meal of the day.

•             Fiber and protein are the most important factors in a healthy breakfast.

•             You can eat dessert with breakfast.

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