And the Most Important Meal of the Day is….

I’ve got some good news, and some bad news. Where should I start? The bad news… yes… it’s always best to start bad so we can end with a smile. So, here goes: 60% of teens regularly skip breakfast. While it may seem like a good thing, because we can finally save some money on the grocery bill, it’s not good. Not one bit. For years nutritionists have pegged breakfast as “the most important meal of the day”.

Many people have taken that as an excuse to shove a donut in their face at 7am! They call that breakfast. That’s the question, what constitutes a breakfast that will allegedly help with weight management?

Researchers at the University of Missouri recently compared the benefits of normal protein breakfast to that of a high-protein breakfast (35g of protein). This study followed two groups of teens who they fed either normal or high-protein foods, and a third of the group continued to skip breakfast.

Science, if anything, is often predictable if you understand the basics. It came as no surprise to me that those who consumed the high protein breakfasts reduces their daily food intake by 400 calories and lost body fat mass. Those who skipped breakfast or ate a breakfast or normal protein content gained additional body fat.

I’m not going to sit here and give you all of the scientific details that, really, none of us quite understand. What I will tell you is that skipping breakfast is linked to the growing epidemic of obesity. So, let’s start with eating a good, high-protein breakfast! Let’s help these young kinds develop good eating habits now, they will be more likely to continue these healthy habits throughout their lives.

BOOM!