Healthy Breakfast

                Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.  It gives your body energy to start a new day and is linked to many health benefits like weight control and improved performance.  While many people have different ideas about what to eat for breakfast, it is always a good idea to eat a healthy and balanced breakfast.  If you eat a healthy meal to start your day off, it is likely that you will choose healthier meals throughout the rest of the day.  A healthy breakfast would not include eating a doughnut or other fatty foods.  An example of a healthy breakfast would include a variety of fruits, cereal, eggs, or even toast.  With so many different breakfast choices, there is an endless variety of meals to get through the week. 
                Being a busy person, it is hard to get a balanced breakfast in the morning.  My breakfast would include a can of pop.  That is all that I have time for in the morning when I am on the go.  It should not be an excuse that you don’t have time to eat breakfast, but many people including me use it so often.  What about the excuse of not eating breakfast because you’re not hungry?  I also use that one a lot.  Even if you aren’t hungry, it is important to at least some fruit or something that would be able to tie you over until lunch or a mid-morning snack.   It would only take an extra five minutes at the most in the morning to eat breakfast. 
                Breakfast literally means breaking the fast.  While it may seem that as people get older they sleep less, sleeping for people still normally occurs for eight or more hours each day.  The younger and older people of each generation normally always get more sleep which would mean more time between eating food.  Breakfast would then provide a great wake-up for those people because they haven’t eaten in a while and need a way to boost their morning.  Breakfast doesn’t always have to be breakfast food.  Have you ever heard of someone not liking breakfast food? Well if you haven’t yet, you will hear it now.  I personally don’t like most breakfast foods.  The smells of eggs and bacon in the morning makes me feel nauseous and a lot times I would rather just eat fruit or even leftovers from the night before.   Even just eating something healthy and nutritious is more beneficial than eating nothing. 
                Breakfast has been and will always be the most important meal of the day (unless scientists can prove otherwise in the future.)  It doesn’t take too much time to make, shouldn’t cost a lot, and unless you’re an extremely slow eater, it shouldn’t take too much time out of your busy day.  Make it your goal to eat a balanced breakfast each day and see the results of feeling more awake and ready to start the day.