Thursday, December 18, 2008

Healthy breakfast may mean healthier diet overall - Yahoo! News

On a day I had a cookie for breakfast, this reminder (in the form of a new study) crosses my desk...lol

Healthy breakfast may mean healthier diet overall - Yahoo! News:
"Breakfast may indeed be the most important meal of the day -- as long as that meal is not a doughnut -- a study suggests.

Using data from a national health survey of U.S. adults, researchers found that people who ate lower-calorie foods for breakfast tended to have a higher-quality diet overall.

Furthermore, men who ate a healthy breakfast generally weighed less. Among women, breakfast eaters -- regardless of the food involved -- tended to weigh less than those who skipped the morning meal.

The findings, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, give some support to past studies finding that breakfast eaters are less likely to be overweight -- and that eating a high-quality breakfast, rather than grabbing a pastry, is the key."

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