According to recent data, sales for breakfast items are passing those for lunch and dinner and plenty of restaurants are now offering what to eat for dinner fare all day long. Basically, eating the morning meal has never been easier.
It also turns out that Mom was right: you should eat breakfast. Reporting in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, Harvard School of Public Health researchers studied the health outcomes of 26,902 male health professionals ages 45 to 82 over a 16-year period. Eating in the morning — and what you eat — is important for setting your blood-sugar pattern for the rest of the day. If you eat something that is whole grain and has some fat and protein to it, your blood sugar is going to rise slowly and go down slowly. Judy Caplan, a registered dietitian nutritionist for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. To ease your body into a more consistent blood-sugar pattern, try some oatmeal, whole-wheat toast with almond butter, or an omelette with spinach and avocado.
The kernels can make the bread more dense and hearty. Caplan’s favorite breakfast is a baked sweet potato with a little bit of cinnamon and a small bit of butter. Who says you have to eat just cereal in the morning? Fuel up at the right time. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.