Breakfast of Champions

Eating breakfast is something I would never consider skipping. It is well known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet many people decide to ignore their first meal. Whether this is because they don't like breakfast food, don't have time or simply just don't feel like it there isn't a good enough excuse for skipping breakfast.

According to the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, "Breakfast can establish the tone for the next 16 hours of each day after eating it." That's basically the entire time that you are up! I am probably considered an exception because many mornings I work out so I am naturally building up an appetite before breakfast time. Even the mornings in which I eat my typical two pieces of peanut butter toast about an hour before school starts, I am starving by lunch time. I couldn't imagine the lower focus level in school that I would have if I was hungrier even earlier than I already am.

It is also well known that students who eat a healthier breakfast perform better in school, pay more attention, are more creative, think better, and score higher on tests. This are all things it takes to be successful in school and life. Children who eat breakfast are also less likely to be overweight. With as many childhood obesity issues as there are I think this should be taken into consideration.

Many of you might be saying, "I don't have time" or "I don't like any breakfast foods." Well your wrong. It would be so easy to get up five or ten minutes earlier in order to eat a bowl of cereal or piece of toast. There are many on-the-go type items that would be sufficient for a good breakfast. This would be like go-gurts, granola bars, protein bars, smoothies, muffins and many more. There are sooooo many kinds of foods you can eat for breakfast that you are bound to find something you life. And its not like there are any rules saying you have to stick with the traditional breakfast foods. Cereal, toast, muffins, eggs, pancakes, waffles, bacon, fruit and sausages are all great suggestions.

There is such a variety of foods that I can eat for breakfast that I never get bored with planning what I should eat the next day. The extra 10 minutes is completely worth it because its delicious and I know its helping my body and my mind.