You read about it everywhere. "Is breakfast really important?" "Do not miss breakfast". "Breakfast is too important to pass up".
This is especially for people who are wanting too shed some weight. Why do they tell us this? Keep reading to find out why it is ultra important
to eat breakfast and what will happen if you do not.
Firtsly, do we know why this meal gets it's name? It literally means to break the fast. Think of it this way. Your last meal was yesterday at
dinner time at around six or seven pm. By 5am or 6 am you have gone without nourishment for nearly 10 hours or more. You have fasted for 10 hours.
Breakfast will break that fast.
Keeping this in mind, and with weight loss in mind also, it is our metabolism that burns up fat and aids in weight loss.
You need your metabolism working for you, not against you. It is when we eat that our metabolism begins to work.
In effect, our eating says to our metabolism, " Hey you, get working. Here comes a meal so start burning of the fat from our previous meal pronto".
In a nutshell, you have to eat to lose weight. To be honest, you could actually put on weight by not eating. Missing meals does not work.
When we wake up we have to get Mr metabolism going. He has just had 7-8 hours rest while we slept so get him working.
The easiest way to do this is by having a drink of warm lemon juice upon waking. Use some warm water and lemon juice from a lemon or from a bottle.
It does not matter. The secret is to wash this juice around your mouth before you swallow it. This creates saliva which all goes toward aiding the digestive system.
20 minutes later sit down to a small bowl of cereal, a Banana and some toast, preferably wholemeal, with egg on top. A perfect, small but filling brekky.
A couple of hours later tuck into some fruit. I usually have an apple or a pear depending what is in season. This is ample to get you through until lunch time.
The negatives of skipping breakfast is that if you starve your body and then suddenly bombard it with food it will store most of it as fat.
Your body is not used to regular meals so it does not know when the next meal is coming. It decides to keep some in reserve, usually on the hips.
But by eating small meals regulary, it continues to burn up food because it knows it will get fed a few hours later.
If you were to skip breakfast for one day there probably would be no drama but to continually miss there would be.
There are major consequences for missing it. One is that our concentration and judgement could be impaired because
we have not fed our organs what it needs to work to capacity.
Research tells us that most workplace accidents happen in the first hour of work when our concentration is low.
Also, students seem to be less interested in morning class because of the fact they skipped breakfast.
The benefits are endless. Why would you skip the most important meal of the day? The next time you ask yourself
"Is breakfast really important?" , you have the knowledge to answer that question.
Breakfast is vital in any health regime. It is the kick start you need on the way to your weight loss goal or
any other fitness routine you undetake. Tim Ferriss is considered among leading scientists to be cutting edge. His slow carb breakfast
has transformed many lives since being published in his best selling book 4 Hour Body. His words on healthy eating
and his controversial PAGG stack may surprise you.
