Breakfast? Yes, every day!

Like a machine that will not work without power, the human being also does not work if you do not eat. The routine and stress of modern life starts early and starting the day with a good breakfast is the best way to restore energy, increase alertness, our sense of humour and well-being.

It is scientifically proven that breakfast contributes to maintaining a healthy weight and it is important in attaining the recommended daily doses of some nutrients. Breakfast is an opportunity to replenish the reserves depleted during night. Not eating breakfast causes the body to use up its reserve, consuming its own muscle mass.

Leaving home without eating breakfast generates a lot of inconveniences to the health and well-being of everyone, of any age group, although the hazards in children and adolescents are much higher. Young people who do not take breakfast have lower attention levels, they become tired more easily and are less able to perform any tasks that require concentration or coordination, jeopardising their physical and intellectual performance at school or in the workplace.

What to do to ensure you don’t miss breakfast?

This meal often isn’t eaten for reasons of time, i.e. a lack of time. Getting up a little earlier or leaving the breakfast prepared the day before can help. Breakfast also doesn’t mean having to sit at the dinner table every day. It may be easier to choose "portable" foods that can be taken from the house to be eaten on the way to school or to work.

What to eat?

Breakfast has to be varied and must include all the necessary nutrients. The ideal breakfast includes something from the dairy products food group, such as milk, cheese or yoghurt, something from the cereals group, like bread, and something from the fruit group. Smoothies with milk or yogurt and fruit, or 100 % natural fruit juice, or wholegrain cereals are great choices to start the morning.

Even if you don’t have a large appetite, a basic portion of fruit or a glass of milk help to break the fast, as long as a more complete and balanced mid-morning meal is eaten.

Breakfast is an essential meal to start a new day with energy and in a good mood.

Final recommendation: don’t forget to eat breakfast!