Eating For Health

We all have heard that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”.   I always emphasize to students how important breakfast is to children’s health and recent research is showing to adult health as well.    Adult Health Research in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that breakfast skippers increase their risk of dying from heart disease or a stroke.   And the risk is huge.   The study found that people who skipped breakfast had not only a higher risk of dying from heart disease but breakfast skippers had an 87% higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who took the time to eat breakfast every day.   And it just wasn’t a study of “old” people.   The 6,550 study participants ages ranged from 40 to 75.    How often did the people in the study skip or eat breakfast? 5.1% never ate breakfast 10.9% rarely ate breakfast 25% had breakfast sometimes 59% ate breakfast every day  Unfor...

We have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.   And that’s true.   You are literally “Breaking The Fast” as your body has been without food for as much as 12 hours.   It is important to refuel for the day.   But what you choose to refuel with is important.   My sister recommended the article, 37 Worst Breakfast Habits for Your Waistline by Eat This, Not That!.     We won’t discuss all 37 habits and we will add some good habits to include in your day. Yogurt, oatmeal and berries Bad Breakfast Habits for Your Waistline:  Coffee with Cream – who doesn’t like a morning cup of coffee?   I always start my day with coffee. But adding cream or the fake cream adds calories, fat but few nutrients to your day.   And adding the flavored creamers with lots of added sugar is a double no as that adds even more calories but few nutrients.   But you don’t have to skip the “cream in your coffee”.  ...

We all know people who are on a diet.   Usually some fad diet that they can’t stay on for a life time.   How often do we hear, “I am off my diet.”    “I am back on my diet.”    What are some diet mistakes that can sabotage your weight loss goals?   WebMD has a great article, 10 Diet Mistakes and How to Avoid Them . Crash diets – Many of us want to lose weight but not slow and steady, we want to lose it now.   So crash diets sound appealing.   When you lose weight that fast you not only lose water and fat but also muscle tissue.    Eating under 1200 calories a day can slow your metabolism and slow your chances of losing weight.   Go off this crash diet and the weight comes back as you haven’t changed your lifestyle and eating habits.     Skipping Breakfast – seems like an easy way to cut back on calories.   I was doing a diet recall on a friend who said they never ate breakfast.   Yet, when they got ...