What are the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast?
• Eating breakfast causes our metabolism to speed up, and therefore more calories will be burnt throughout the day. • Our hunger will be well regulated and therefore, less total calories should be consumed during the day, from snacking on unhealthy foods. • Breakfast can provide essential vitamins and minerals (from fortified cereals), which people may find difficult to get elsewhere, if they regularly skip this meal. • Eating a healthy breakfast helps to improve mental performance, concentration, and mood. • Studies have shown that people who eat breakfast are more likely to maintain a healthy weight. Good examples of a healthy breakfast may be a bowl of whole grain cereal with semi-skimmed milk, a hard boiled egg, and an orange. Or, porridge with semi-skimmed milk, a slice of whole grain bread, and a bowl of mixed berries. Try to avoid choosing sugary cereals, sweet bread, pastries, and white breads, as these foods are absorbed quickly into the blood, and will cause you to feel hungr
