The Importance of Breakfast

The Importance of Breakfast

The Old English word for dinner, disner, means to break a fast, and was the first meal eaten in the day until its meaning shifted in the mid-13th century. Only in the 15th century “breakfast” came into use in written English to describe a morning meal, which literally means to break the fasting period of the prior night; in Old English, the term was morgenmete meaning “morning meal”.

Who knew? That means if this hadn’t changed, then we’d refer to breakfast as dinner. Crazy world!

In this article, we’re going to tackle the importance of breakfast in our lives and look at several reasons why it’s vital for us to eat breakfast to better our health.

Apart from providing us with energy, breakfast foods are a reliable source of important nutrients such as calcium, iron and B vitamins as well as protein and fibre. The body needs these essential nutrients and research shows that if these are missed at breakfast, they are less likely to be compensated for later in the day. Fruit and vegetables are a vital source of vitamins and minerals so try to include a portion of your daily five at breakfast, whether that be a banana or glass of fruit juice.

Breakfast can be great for your waistline too, research shows that those who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight and more likely to be within their weight range compared with breakfast skippers. If you skip breakfast, you’re more likely to reach for high sugar and fatty snacks for brunch.

Breakfast also restores glucose, an essential carbohydrate that your brain needs to function. Many breakfast energy studies have shown how eating breakfast can improve memory and concentration levels and it can also make us happier as it can improve mood and lower stress levels. In nutrition studies amongst children, breakfast can improve attainment, behavior and has been linked to improved grades. Just like any other organ in the body, the brain needs energy to work at its best. Or else we’d all be stressed all the time, and disorientated.

Catering companies like Vibe Catering offer the most scrumptious breakfasts, and cater for warm and cold tastes.

 

Love your body and feed it today!