Weight Loss and Breakfast

Surely you have heard many times that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and those who hold this theory are quite right. But apart from all the conventional assertions that we can hear, such as that breakfast gives us strength for the whole day, many nutritional experts say that there is a direct link between breakfast and weight loss.
Among the advantages listed, we can name the metabolic rate acceleration, the thermogenesis in the body, the enhance of muscle mass, the stability of the glucose levels and an improvement in intellectual tasks.

One of the main causes of the obesity is the presence of a slow metabolism in the body. In this way, the body does not generate enough activity to maintain their vital functions, and the caloric expenditure is very low. No wonder then, that even with a diet reduced in calories, some persons have many difficulties to lose weight or maintain it.
One very effective way of speeding up the metabolism is through a breakfast that includes cereals and proteins. Proteins have the ability to produce thermogenesis in the body. To digest and absorb proteins your body spends many calories all day, and thus increases the caloric expenditure, even if you're sitting in a chair or sleeping. Without a good breakfast within the first hour in the morning, the body begins to activate functions to survive without eating, lowering the levels of the metabolic activity. Another advantage of the breakfast is the formation of muscle mass. By increasing muscle mass, we’ll have a raise in our metabolic rate and thus the expenditure of calories throughout the day will be high.

Another cause of overweight is the uncontrollable desire to eat at any time of day. With a good breakfast this fall in the levels of blood glucose can be avoided, and in this way we will have our lunch and dinner without being too hungry, thus reducing the potential excesses.
Also intellectual activities are enhanced with breakfast, especially in students who are subjected to long periods of attention during the hours of study.