Why is Breakfast So Important?
- iTeamF1T (Admin)
- Mar 3, 2018
- 2 min read
Your mother was right: Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Not only it give you energy to start a new day, but breakfast is linked to many health benefits, including weight control and improved performance.
Breakfast breaks your overnight fast
Begin with water hydrates you, flushes out toxins, and fires up your metabolism.
It’s crucial to eat a healthy breakfast when you wake up, so your body can readily absorb the nutrients you eat.
A big dose of nutrients in the morning prepares your immune system to fight off foes.
Consistently eating breakfast:
Improves memory and concentration by helping your brain produce neurotransmitters.
Helps prevent fatigue by restoring blood glucose level.
Lowers level of the stress hormone cortisol.
Reduces risk of obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.
Studies show that children who eat breakfast have better memory and higher IQs.
Am I Eating Wrong?
Smoked or cured meats
Ham, bacon, and sausage may contain sodium nitrate, which is converted by your body into a cancer-causing agent.
Examples : Salami, prosciutto, deli meat, char siu.
Animal-based products
High contents in fat and cholesterol increase the risk of heart disease.
Examples : Egg yolk, milk, cheese, butter.
High-calorie foods
Contribute to weight gain or obesity.
Examples : Hash brown, croissant, deep fried bun, scallion pancake, Jian bing.
What Superfoods Should I Eat?
A Colorful Spectrum of Vegetables and Fruits
Phytochemicals, polysaccharides, and antioxidants boost up your immune system to defend against invaders day.
Phytochemicals help to prevent cancer.
Polysaccharides directly help the immune system to protect you against illness.
Antioxidants combat free radicals to help prevent oxidative damage.
You need vegetables to help prevent disease from many causes :
Every vegetable contains different phytochemicals, polysaccharides, and antioxidants. Each one serves its own function to support your body.
Soy - High in Plant Protein
Upon waking, you need to replenish protein so that your body can start:
Repairing body tissue, and producing hormones and enzymes.
Optimizing your brain’s ability to send message to the rest of your body.
Helps in weight control by reducing cravings.
Psyllium husk - Key Source of Dietary Fiber
Helps control blood sugar levels.
Helps lower cholesterol, and significantly reduces risk of heart disease by up to 40%.
Helps prevent toxin build up, constipation, and haemorrhoids.
Helps you feel full throughout the day, so you don’t snak.
Do you Know?
Raw vegetable have more nutrients
Heat to destroys nutrients.
For the best variety of nutrients, eat at least:
10 different types of vegetables daily.
4 different colored vegetables daily.
Clean and safe vegetables are better
Free of pesticides, heavy metals, toxic residues, and microbes.
Vegetables have more fiber than juice
Juice contains no fiber and is often just “empty calories”
Eat at least 400g of vegetable daily to reduce the risk of heart disease, stomach cancer, and colorectal cancer.
30% - 35% of cancers are linked to your diet.
Lack of vegetables and fruits causes about 19% of gastrointestinal cancer, 31% of ischemic heart disease, and 11% of stroke worldwide.
The SOYGREEN - The Complete Breakfast
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