Breakfast Is the Most Important Meal of the Day

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Is Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day?
Breakfast is essential for every morning as it helps give energy for everyone. People need breakfast to perform their best. I strongly agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it provides a boost for everyone, especially kids; it revs up your metabolism, it helps with your weight control. Initially, while adults need to eat breakfast each day to perform their best, kids need it even more. Their growing bodies and developing brains rely heavily on the regular intake of food. When kids skip breakfast, they can end up going for long periods of time without food in result; it will cause physical, intellectual and behavioural problems for them. Next, eating breakfast is a great way to get your metabolism working well for the day. When your body receives food in the morning, it tells your brain that you're going to need to start working to digest it. This wakes up the system and warms up the metabolism so it's ready to work throughout the day. When you don't eat breakfast in the morning, your body thinks that it needs to conserve the energy it has because it isn't getting any more through nutrition. This actually slows your metabolism down, which results in a decrease in the amount of calories you burn all day long. Lastly, although many people skip breakfast in an effort to reduce their food intake and lose weight, research shows that enjoying a high-fibre breakfast, may lead to eating less food later in the day. This is probably because high-fibre meals can be quite filling, so you are less likely to snack on high-fat and sugary foods mid-morning. In fact, eating breakfast is strongly associated with successful, well-maintained weight loss. In addition, it is important to make the most of your breakfast meal by including highly nutritious foods because it will boost you through the whole day because you will have the energy to perform tasks, especially the children. Eating breakfast will...
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