Breakfast and your health
Your mother was right (again): It is important to start your day with a good breakfast. But the hearty feast of bacon and eggs that you may remember from your youth is hardly a good start by today's standards, and the doughnut and coffee that have replaced it in today's fast-paced world is no better. Why is breakfast so important, and how can you plan a meal that is enjoyable, convenient, and healthful?
Morning metabolism
glycogenA lapse of 10 or 12 hours between dinner and breakfast is hardly a famine, but it's enough to put your metabolism into a fasting, energy-mobilizing mode. Your first meal of the day will help flip the switch back to energy storage, so it's important to do it right.
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