Why Breakfast?

Your mother was always right: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not only does it give you energy to start a new day, but it is also linked to several health benefits, including weight control and improved performance.

How you ask? Well, studies have proven that chomping on a healthy breakfast can reduce hunger through the day, thereby helping folks make better food choices at other meals. While it may mathematically seem that you could save calories by skipping breakfast, this is hardly an effective strategy. As time goes on, hunger pulls the rug from under the feet of breakfast-skippers, who then end up eating a lot more than usual at lunch and dinner. So via an ironic means, you do have to eat 'more' to weigh 'less'.

In any case, it is worth noting that the majority of studies linking breakfast to weight control looked at a healthy breakfast containing protein and/or whole grains - not meals overloaded with fat and calories.

What's more, breakfast presents you the opportunity to try out foods that are either not available or you might not eat at any other time during the day. For instance, you can have whole-grain cereal and berries with non-fat milk - here is your fibre, folic acid and calcium all in one easy to grab bowl. Top it off with some dried fruits and you should ideally be all set to attack the day.

If you're a parent then, set a good example. By skipping breakfast yourself, your kids will inevitably start disregarding it in a similar fashion somewhere down the road. Breakfast needn't necessarily be a big affair, but don't pull the plug on it even sporadically - make it a habit and your children will comply.

In short, whatever the diet you follow, breakfast is the one meal you do not want to miss.

Looking for nutritious Breakfast Options? Head over to Soulfull to stock up on the choicest Indian dishes for that time of the morning, including Ragi Dosas, Idlys, Adais and even Fills. Have fun!