Breakfast is so called because it is there to break the fast of night time. People who miss out on this most important meal of the day, start the day on a very bad footing.
Our body has been resting through the night hours but on waking needs fuel to level out the blood sugar levels in our system.If you start out by starving your body of these needs, it will be very difficult to catch up and balance these levels through the day.
I am not saying you should sit down to cereals followed by a full fry up and toast and jam. What I am saying is, on waking or within about 30 minutes of waking it is ideal to consume something.
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