The Bikini Boot Camp Diaries, Day 20 - The importance of breakfast and your chance to WIN!
- May 23, 2009
Ah, Saturday. Finally, some time to focus on breakfast.
If you're like me, you're pretty rushed during the week and you have to make a special effort to find time for breakfast each morning.
Turns out the effort is worth it - research has confirmed that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.
A study by Dr Mark Pereira and colleagues at Harvard Medical School found that skipping breaky increases your chances of becoming obese, developing diabetes or even having a heart attack.
They found that people who ate breakfast every day were a third less likely to be obese compared to those who skipped it. Folks who chowed down in the morning were half as likely to have blood-sugar problems, which increase the risk of developing diabetes or having high cholesterol, which is a known risk factor for heart disease.
The researchers believe that eating first thing in the morning can help to stabilize blood sugar levels, which regulates your appetite and energy. They suggest that if you eat breakfast, you're less likely to be hungry during the rest of the day and so you're less likely to overeat.
Their study found that people who eat whole grain cereals every morning are among those most likely to see the health benefits.
So bring on the whole grains!
I've got a 'Daily Dose of Breakfast' prize pack to give away from Kellogg's. It's designed to help you kick start your morning and it includes:
- A handsome breakfast tray
- Two bowls
- Two spoons
- Two cloth napkins
- Kellogg's Guardian Cinnamon with a hint of vanilla flavour cereal
- Kellogg's Guardian Original with a hint of maple flavour cereal
- A Kellogg's Guardian stress ball
Kellogg's Guardian cereal is one of the few cereals on the market with psyllium fibre, plus it's low in fat and calories, high in fibre and made from the all-important whole grains.
For a chance to WIN, just Subscribe To This Blog and post a reply telling us about how you find time for breakfast each morning. Maybe you get up a little earlier. Maybe you spend less time on your eyeliner. Maybe you get breakfast organized the night before. You have until Saturday, June 6 to let us know. I'll announce with winner here on Sunday, June 7.
