Eat it and you can lose weight, improve your mood and feel much more energized and happy. We've all heard breakfast is the most important meal of the day yet many of us still choose to skip breakfast on a regular basis. Get it wrong and your fluctuating blood sugar levels can make you feel terrible. By including this essential meal you will improve your health and can even lose inches You barely have time to gulp down your coffee, the kids are arguing, you have one eye on the clock, the other on the toaster. Have you lack of energy? Are you hungry? Mid-morning you might grab a snack, usually high in sugar. You have lower energy levels, your performance suffers and you have mood swings and fatigue. In fact, you may not feel happy until lunch time? Sound familiar? Read on to find out how you can break the 'fast past' for good. Not eating breakfast increases your risk of depression and has a direct impact on your mood.
Recent studies show we are more at risk of having problems with concentration, metabolism and weight. 'Eating breakfast increases your metabolism and gives you the energy you need to start your day properly. It will aid your cognitive skills as you will be more alert. Digestion is improved, which helps you eliminate unwanted toxins and breaks down 'bad' fats,' says DR Jenkins. GP with a special interest in weight loss and nutrition. Research show children who regularly eat breakfast have improved concentration, better standardized test scores and are less hyperactive.
This shows that adults will also perform better at work. The author Somerset Maugham once said. 'The only way to eat well in England is to have breakfast 3 times a day.' So why are we depriving ourselves? Researchers say skipping breakfast has become more common among adults in recent years, perhaps due to efforts to lose weight and time pressures. The fact is skipping breakfast makes you fatter! Yet over 40% of us assume it will help as lose weight. 'We think we are saving on calories but too often we replace these calories throughout the day by nibbling and binging. We are more likely to make unhealthier food choices when we are hungry and our blood sugar levels are low,' explains Clinical Nutritionist Katherine Zeratsky. 'Prolonged fasting which occurs when we skip breakfast can increase your body's insulin response, which in turn increases fat storage and weight gain.
In fact, skipping breakfast increases you risk of obesity.' On-going studies from The National Weight Control Registry show that 78% of people who eat breakfast everyday has maintained their weight loss for more than a year. 'If we don't eat breakfast our engines don't switch on to burn any fuel, so our metabolic rate stays asleep which means it won't be burning calories throughout the day,' explains fitness professional and nutrition consultant Laura Church. It's not just weight loss, fluctuating mood swings and poor concentration that effect as. Worryingly, not having our morning meal can also raise our risk of diabetes and heart disease.
Recent studies show we are more at risk of having problems with concentration, metabolism and weight. 'Eating breakfast increases your metabolism and gives you the energy you need to start your day properly. It will aid your cognitive skills as you will be more alert. Digestion is improved, which helps you eliminate unwanted toxins and breaks down 'bad' fats,' says DR Jenkins. GP with a special interest in weight loss and nutrition. Research show children who regularly eat breakfast have improved concentration, better standardized test scores and are less hyperactive.
This shows that adults will also perform better at work. The author Somerset Maugham once said. 'The only way to eat well in England is to have breakfast 3 times a day.' So why are we depriving ourselves? Researchers say skipping breakfast has become more common among adults in recent years, perhaps due to efforts to lose weight and time pressures. The fact is skipping breakfast makes you fatter! Yet over 40% of us assume it will help as lose weight. 'We think we are saving on calories but too often we replace these calories throughout the day by nibbling and binging. We are more likely to make unhealthier food choices when we are hungry and our blood sugar levels are low,' explains Clinical Nutritionist Katherine Zeratsky. 'Prolonged fasting which occurs when we skip breakfast can increase your body's insulin response, which in turn increases fat storage and weight gain.
In fact, skipping breakfast increases you risk of obesity.' On-going studies from The National Weight Control Registry show that 78% of people who eat breakfast everyday has maintained their weight loss for more than a year. 'If we don't eat breakfast our engines don't switch on to burn any fuel, so our metabolic rate stays asleep which means it won't be burning calories throughout the day,' explains fitness professional and nutrition consultant Laura Church. It's not just weight loss, fluctuating mood swings and poor concentration that effect as. Worryingly, not having our morning meal can also raise our risk of diabetes and heart disease.
