Why You Should Eat a Healthy Breakfast (and 10 Deliciously Simple Recipes to Help You Do It)

You’ve most likely been told how important it is to make to time to eat a healthy breakfast since you were old enough to feed yourself. After all, it’s the most important meal of the day, right? Turns out, your mother was (mostly) right. Eating a healthy breakfast can help you cash in on some amazing health benefits, but you don’t need to wake up an hour earlier than usual to carve out the time to get your day off to a good start. Just some of the benefits of eating a healthy meal before beginning your day are: 1. Heart Health Researchers have found that men that don’t take the time to eat breakfast are 27% more likely to suffer a heart attack than those that do. It seems that breakfast skippers are more likely to engage in overeating and fatty snacking later in the day, which can lead to an increase in cholesterol and blood pressure levels. 2. Diabetes Prevention Science has also proven that the fluctuating glucose levels that result from not eating a morning meal are directly linked to the chance of developing diabetes. It’s better to start the day with a meal to go along with your morning cup of coffee, instead of just having a sugary caffeine jolt, in order to help level out any glucose spikes. 3. More Energy Studies have shown that folks that eat breakfast are also more physically active and have a higher level of energy throughout their day than those that skip it. Scientists seem to think that the added increase in blood sugar levels in the morning from eating before leaving the house is what’s to thank for this energy boost. 4. Sharper Focus The more stable glucose levels that result from eating breakfast have also been shown to enhance memory, attention to detail, creativity, reasoning, and verbal abilities in both children and adults. 5. Weight Loss Boost Trials and studies in the weight loss world have linked a smaller waistline with eating more calories for breakfast than for dinner, and those that skipped breakfast were shown to have a more difficult time with losing weight than those that didn’t. So how do you get those health benefits without losing sleep? By making sure that you’re getting quality sleep with a supportive memory foam mattress, and by making use of these 10 quick and easy (but, oh so healthy) recipes that we’ve gathered up for you from some of the best cooking sites on the Web. #1 The Ultimate Egg Sandwich #2 Grab-and-Go Cranberry Granola Bars #3 Love Toast #4 Quick Start Breakfast Smoothie #5 Easy Egg White Omelet #6 Rice and Raisin Breakfast Pudding #7 Yogurt on a Stick #8 English Muffin with Apple and Cheddar #9 Banana-Blueberry Cornmeal Muffins #10 Skinny Omelet Burritos Do you have any favorite quick and healthy breakfast recipes that you love, and we didn’t list here? Please share them in the comments section!