Overview
All of us have our usual wake up time that allows us enough time to get ready for work all school. Now, suppose you wake up an hour later than your usual time. This means that your preparing time has been drastically reduced, and you cannot afford to be late. The wise thing would be to skip some morning routines. But what do you forgo? Is it the shower, teeth brushing, ironing or breakfast? Which one can you manage: facing the world with creased clothes, a stinking body, a smelly mouth or an empty stomach? Aha?
Any self-respecting person would choose the alternative with the least repercussions: an empty stomach. I mean, you can surely take care of that rumbling stomach with a pack of biscuits to get instant relief, but you surely cannot manage the whole office sitting miles away from your colleagues and with them handing your documents with a ten-meter pole. Thus, you go without breakfast. Now because these mornings are many, you may get used to skipping breakfast and make it a tradition. However, unbeknownst to you, you could be doing yourself a lot of harm. This is because breakfast does the following for you:
1. Prevents you from overeating
In this era when the giant of obesity is glaring at you waiting to pounce, the last thing you should be doing is overeating. When you miss breakfast, you will be more inclined to keep nibbling on snacks throughout the day just to keep you energized. This snacking if not keenly watched can lead to an increase in weight. Remember that one joint pain facts is that the pain can be worsened by an increase in weight. When you weight increases, you will increase the pressure you place on your joints and consequently lead to more wearing of the cartilage. It is this reduction of cartilage that worsens the joint pains.
2. Keeps you energized
When you are working on an empty stomach, you are likely to feel all gloomy. Sometimes you may even get mood swings that health products cannot seem to cure. This lack of energy is as a result of too much deprivation. Think about it this way: when you miss breakfast, then you will be subjecting your body to many hours of deprivation because it will not have received any supplies for the hours you were asleep and the ones you are adding. But if you eat a healthy breakfast, you will give your body the nutrients it will need to keep you energized for the better part of the day. This is because the body will have the nutrients it requires.
3. Keeps you blood sugar levels in check
During the morning, your blood sugar is usually low and so is your metabolism. This is why you should eat breakfast to improve your metabolism. For enhanced metabolism, you must eat within the first two hours of waking up. Also, the types of food you eat for breakfast can also help you manage different common types of arthritis. Therefore, breakfast will go a long way in keeping you energized for the day as well as help you manage arthritis if you are a victim.
4. Helps you perform better
On a day when you have missed breakfast, you are likely to be overly grumpy and irritable. This is in addition to having difficulties remembering things and concentrating. In essence, it is almost impossible to be productive on an empty stomach. This is probably why intelligent employers give their employees breakfast. They are aware of the brain sharpening power of breakfast.
5. Helps you lose weight
We are living at a time when almost everyone is struggling to lose weight. If you are among these people, you have probably reduced your daily meals to a bare minimum. This reduction, aimed at avoiding weight gain, may include not eating breakfast. However, this could be working against you. This is because when you miss breakfast, you are more likely to keep eating during the period before lunch. This can, in the long run, lead to overeating and consequently weight gain. Thus, if you are looking at losing weight this year, purpose to eat a healthy breakfast every day.
Conclusion
Since time immemorial, it has always been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You may have disregarded it as just a mere cliché, but it is not. The truth of the matter is that breakfast has a huge impact on how your mood for the day will be, impacts your weight and above all, keeps you energized and sharp for the day’s tasks.
Author Bio
Kathy Mitchell was born and raised in the USA. She has done MA in English literature. She is contributing to consumer health digest since 2011.Her articles are both professional and creative. She loves to read health news on-line. You can contact her on Facebook and twitter.