Eat Breakfast and lower your chances of becoming obese, developing heart disease, diabetes, lower your risk for experiencing strokes, intestinal polyps and colon cancer. However, be wise with your food choices, avoid high fat, sugar and salty foods (ie. most fast food breakfast choices) and opt for real food and lots of fibre to maximize your potential health benefits from making a habit of a healthy breakfast!
Like any healthy habit, forming them requires committing to making changes in your timetable, be realistic and do your math. It took me less than 15 seconds to make my granola (sweetened with acai) and trail mix (unsalted) with soy milk breakfast this morning and I sat for another 15 minutes to enjoy it and think about my day. Every morning, eating a healthy breakfast and taking the time to enjoy it, I decrease my risk for all of the above diseases, I ramp up my metabolism and get my brain and body the fuel it needs to work effectively and where possible I eat locally and organically grown products to increase the potential for my community and environment to benefit from my breakfast too.
Find your local farmers market and take advantage of the fresh and delicious berries and fruit in your next breakfast and whether its cereal, oatmeal, fresh whole grain bread or a delicious veggie packed omelette, enjoy that morning meal!