Eating breakfast may reduce your hunger later in the day, which may make it easier to avoid overeating. When you skip breakfast, you may feel ravenous later and be tempted to reach for a quick fix — such as vending machine candy or doughnuts at the office.
In addition, the prolonged fasting that occurs when you skip breakfast can increase your body's insulin response, which in turn increases fat storage and weight gain. In fact, skipping breakfast actually increases your risk of obesity. - Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D, The Mayo Clinic
For more information on how eating a healthy breakfast can help control weight check out
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01119
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I've been eating a generic version of Grape Nuts (Essential Choice) with cut up banana in Silk Soymilk (unsweetened) for breakfast 3-4 days/week. What about you?
ReplyDeleteToday at 0430 AM before work I had a few tablespoons of plain low fat yogurt w mixed nuts and dried cranberries and coffee. Around 0830, at work I had 1/2 open face tuna salad sandwich w 1/2 apple and some tortilla chips and coffee. (I don't like traditional breakfast foods). I'm consistently getting more than 6 hours of sleep lately.
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I like the standard egg and toast with coffee about three times a week. On other days I'll do whole grain pancakes or oatmeal, made with steel cut oats. Regarding the latter, steel cut oatmeal is nothing like the gelatinous goo that comes in a packet.
ReplyDeleteI've been eating some vanilla almond cereal and a banana.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that many of the "healthy" breakfast cereals have a lot of sugar. Special K Vanilla Almond, for example, has 9 grams of sugar per 3/4 a cup. Remember, an adult should limit total added sugar intake to 40 grams per day (from food and drink). I feel cereals with 10+ grams of sugar are borderline desserts? What do you think?
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