After seven, eight or nine hours of sleep and of fasting, the body needs energy and nutrients to carry out daily activities such as work, school or sports.
Even if a person on two recognizes the benefits of a rich breakfast, in Europe seven million children start their day by skipping this meal (the European barometer data Kellogg's).
What are the consequences that derive from skipping breakfast?
The lack of glucose, the main source of energy, causes our bodies burn more energy reserves, which could generate, among other consequences, fatigue, bad mood, sleep,lack of concentration and tendency to put on weight.
The brain consumes approximately 25% of all the glucose present in the body.
For children and adolescents in school age, the absence of this morning meal will affect learning and reduces productivity because the memory, the expressiveness and creativity are especially affected by this carbohydrate.
But what are the right foods for a correct and balanced breakfast?
Below is a list of foods for a well-balanced breakfast:
Dairy Products
Bread or cereals
Fruit
Foods with glucose (jam, honey, biscuits, etc.)
There are several recent studies on breakfast: one of them is the University of Minnesota.
The results of this study reveal that, who does breakfast, tends to put on weight.
After a test period of 5 years, which has involved 2000 individuals, it turned out that all people who were jumping this meal had resulted in the increase of their weight. The explanation is that whoever makes a healthy breakfast daily bread or cereals taking, rich in fiber, increases the feeling of satiety. Instead the people who skip this meal,after a while they're hungry and eat more fatty foods.