| Various
medical research findings are pointing to the perks of eating
breakfast to lose more weight. As seen with many fad diets (Adkins’,
South Beach, the Watermelon diet and others), consistent nutrition
is the key to sustained weight loss. It’s
one of the reasons that breakfast has been found to be a valuable
aspect of weight loss.
A study
on weigh control was conducted at the University of Colorado.
The finding depicted that more than 75 percent of dieters or
individuals were able to successfully maintain weight loss by
making breakfast a part of their daily diet.
Another clinical
evaluation reported that consumption of cereal (either ready-to-eat
or cooked) for breakfast was associated with substantially slighter
body mass index than either eating meat and eggs or skipping
breakfast, altogether. (Information provided by the Journal
of the American College of Nutrition.
Another study has
found a significant correlation between children, adolescents
and senior citizens who consume breakfast. The findings strongly
suggest that an increase in cognition and concentration are
experienced from the consumption of an appropriate breakfast.
These clinical trials
are posing new questions: as what is the appropriate breakfast?
Is it bacon, eggs, pancakes, toast, French toast, ham or steak?
In the opinions and studies of nutritional experts the appropriate
breakfast includes any to all of the following components:
• Low-calories
• Fruit
• High-fiber
• Low-sugar
• Fortified cereals
• Skim milk
The benefits of the
above recommendations serve several purposes: healthy, fast
and tasty. Nonetheless, not everyone buys into the theory that
“breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”
When breakfast is
skipped it really defeats the purpose of weight loss. Essentially,
several things occur when people skip breakfast. Primarily,
there is a tendency to overeat during other meals. Secondly,
the concentration is impaired. |
