Breakfast and its health benefits

Розклад турнірів на умовні фішки PokerStars – офіційний ексклюзивний покерний партнер UFC Sunday Billion Спін-енд-Гоу Нокаут-покер Купити умовні фішки Zoom Besides providing the body and brain with the needed fuel to start the day, nutritionists say taking breakfast regularly has a long list of health benefits, reports Associate Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF A workaholic to the core, Adejumo Smith, 42, loves his banking job with an uncommon passion. From his abode in Ikorodu, he leaves home before 4am daily to join the staff bus to his office in Lekki, Lagos, and returns home late. Because of this, the banker always “hardly remembers to take breakfast so as not to report late for work.” His work habit is similar to 38-year-old Anthonia Chuks, a senior supervisor at a grocery giant in Ikeja. Like Smith, the mother of four admitted that her tight work schedule and early-morning chores at home do not permit her to eat before leaving for work. Both Smith and Chuks are not alone, especially in urban areas where commuting is a huge challenge to those on blue- and white-collar jobs. In a rush to get out of the door before traffic snarls build up or get the children to school, many Nigerians are compelled to skip breakfast, which has been dubbed as the most important meal of the day. But if skipping breakfast is considered a dietary travesty, it is not a problem that is limited to Nigeria’s urban dwellers alone. According to the Association of United Kingdom Dieticians (BDA), only two thirds of adults in the UK eat breakfast regularly; while around three-quarters of Americans eat the morning meal. Breakfast and weight control Nutritionists say breakfast is what kick-starts a person’s metabolism, helping to burn calories throughout the day. It also gives the energy the body needs […]

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