Have you had breakfast? Here are eight benefits of breakfast that need to be listened to
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Because they are in a rush or don’t want to bother, many people end up never having breakfast. If this continues, it is clear that someone is at a loss. How not, there are many health benefits that can be obtained when someone has breakfast.
Launching the Breakfast & Productivity Book (2015) by DR. dr. Edi Hartoyo, Sp.A (K) et al., The frequency of good eating is divided into three times a day. Therefore, breakfast which is done at 06.00 -08.00 WIB should never be left out.
Edi Hartoyo et al. wrote, there are many health benefits one can get from breakfast. Here are how many of them:
1. Maintain blood sugar levels
Breakfast can provide ready-to-use carbohydrates to raise blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels are guaranteed to be normal, so that passion and work concentration can be better so that it has a positive impact on increasing productivity.
Also Read: Recent research shows that exercise before breakfast is more effective at burning fat
2. Maintain physical endurance
For adults, breakfast can maintain physical endurance, maintain endurance at work and increase work productivity.
3. Increase learning concentration
For school children, breakfast can improve learning concentration and facilitate the absorption of lessons so that learning achievement is likely to develop better.
4. Availability of nutrients
Basically, breakfast will provide an important contribution to several nutrients the body needs, such as protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The availability of these nutrients is beneficial for the proper functioning of physiological processes in the body.
Also Read: Australian researchers describe 6 steps to lose weight that are safe for women
5. Produce energy
Breakfast is very important for the body to produce energy for activities in the morning. The human body that consumes less food in the morning will feel weak, both in physical activity and in thinking.
6. Maintain the availability of calories
Breakfast is expected to maintain the provision of calories to be used in the first 2 hours in the morning before the time to eat a snack ideally at 10.00 WIB.
7. Reducing stress levels
According to research conducted by Chaplin and Smith in 2011, as many as 62 percent of female nurses in the UK who regularly ate breakfast every day had, on average, good levels of concentration, low levels of stress, low accident rates, and good productivity.
Also Read: Hypertension is a major factor in stroke, do this to prevent it
8. Improve memory skills
Researchers from the University of Florida found that children and adolescents who regularly ate breakfast tended to have a superior nutritional profile than those who skipped breakfast. The research results are published in Journal of the American Dietetic Association It also shows another feature of breakfast, which is that it can improve memory skills, test results, and school attendance rates.
Best breakfast menu
Don’t miss the breakfast opportunity by spending less nutritious food. Prepare for this opportunity well to optimize its benefits. Launching Diana Damayanti’s School-Age Food Book (2011), the best breakfast foods for children are foods that contain complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals.
Also Read: How frugal is billionaire Warren Buffett? Her behavior shocked many people
In order for children to get maximum energy for brain work, include the following foods in their breakfast menu:
- Complex carbohydrates: cereals and bread
- Protein: foods made from milk, eggs, and nuts
- Vitamins and minerals: fruits or occasionally can also be put in vegetables or omelets.
This article was published on Kompas.com with the title 9 Benefits of Breakfast, Energy Supply to Improve Memory.
Author: Irawan Sapto Adhi
Editor: Irawan Sapto Adhi
Editor: Wahyu T. Rahmawati