It is not a myth. Eating breakfast is an important part of attaining and maintaining
a healthy lifestyle. The morning meal enables your body to refuel itself after enduring
a nightlong fast or 10 hours or more. It assists in re-energising your body’s
metabolism and providing sufficient amounts of energy and nutrients for you to
survive the earliest part of the day. Remember breakfast is the first opportunity for
you to replenish your body’s exhausted energy reserves. Whatever you do don’t waste
this opportunity. While breaking the nocturnal fast is important, eating appropriately
is just as essential. Eating a good breakfast, low in fat, and rich in dietary fibre and
micronutrients will mentally and physically set you up for anything the day may
throw at you.Why Breakfast is Important.By choosing not to eat a
well-balanced breakfast you may be putting your health in danger. Studies have
shown that people who regularly skip breakfast are more likely to be overweight and
have less energy than those who always eat breakfast.The consumption of a
healthy breakfast has been shown to improve short-term memory. People who
regularly eat breakfast have less fatigue and lower cholesterol level than those who
skip breakfast. Research has demonstrated that children who eat correctly at breakfast
perform better in class and produce higher marks than those who do not. If you want
to have an improved, healthy body then it is vital to eat a nourishing breakfast.
Research has shown that skipping breakfast causes a lowered metabolic rate, which
means fewer calories burned throughout the day. Over time this has the potential to
lead to an unhealthy Body Mass Index.What is a healthy
breakfast?Choose foods that are natural and unprocessed. Eat whole fruit
rather than fruit juice. Whole fruits provide extra fibre. Vary the colour of the fruits
you eat. Different coloured fruits and vegetables contain different
nutrients.Yogurt, wholegrain dark bread, high fibre cereal with soy or low fat
milk, are excellent choices. Try making your own delicious museli, (email me for a
recipe). Three to six servings of protein a day is recommended. Protein sources
include eggs, tofu, fish, lean meat and nuts. Mix and match from the above items or
add your own healthy favorites.If your excuse is that you don’t have time for
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www.uloseweight.net/shoponlineStart The Day RightDon’t fool
yourself “Fuel” yourself. Build breakfast into your basic routein every morning. You
will soon notice a great improvement in your energy and well-being. A great morning
leads to a great day.
Unfortunately most weight loss diets are actually fad diets. All to often diets that
describe themselves as being new or revolutionary are actually diets that are twenty or
thirty years old come back for a second or third wave of popularity. Good examples
are the Zen diet, which is simply a revival of hippie macrobiotic eating theories from
the mid 1960s, the Zone diet which is based on food combining principles that have
been around since the turn of the 19th century and the Atkins diet which was initially
pioneered in the 1970s and had a Gloria Swanson type comeback not too long
ago.The best way to identify a fad diet is to determine if it is based on any of
the following principles:It is based on the way Neanderthals eat
It is based on foods from the bible
It is based on your blood type
It is based on eating mostly protein and no carbs
It is based on eating mostly carbs and no protein
It is based on eating no fat
It is based on eating fatty foods
It recommends the eating of negative calorie foods
It recommends eating only one fruit such as grapefruit
It recommends drinking more than three cups of coffee a day
It claims that you can eat whatever you wantPerhaps the most popular of
these diets are the High protein/low carb diet that are based on the idea that
carbohydrates are bad, that many people are "allergic" to them or are insulin-resistant,
and therefore gain weight when they eat them. This includes the South Beach Diet,
the Zone Diet and the Atkins diet. These types of diets induce ketosis to accelerate
weight loss. Ketosis is an abnormal body process that occurs during starvation due to
lack of carbohydrate. Ketosis causes fatigue, constipation, nausea, and vomiting, none
of which are part of a healthy lifestyle. Long-term side effects of ketosis are
documented to include heart disease, bone loss, and kidney damageThe truth
behind weight gain in this society is that people are eating more total calories and
getting less physical activity. Your body simply doesn't distinguish between types of
calories when it comes to weight gain or loss only the number of them.Crash
diets dehydrate you, low calorie diets put your body into starvation mode so you
plateau so you can't lose one more pound and high protein diets stress your kidneys
and clog your arteries.The truth is that you do need protein and fat in the diet,
both serve important metabolic and physiological roles in the body. Fad and crash
diets, such as the ones described above are not only unhealthy but they are also cause
rebound weight gain. Also most diets, even though diet gurus write them cause an
initial weight loss but the ultimate result is that you gain all of the weight back the
minute you go off the plan. If you don't gain it back within a couple of diets, you are
likely to gain it all back plus a bit more within a year.