Breakfast and other health benefits
It’s not just our mental performance that is improved by eating breakfast, some research suggests that we are less likely to suffer from colds and ‘flu and are less likely to describe ourselves as stressed or depressed. Depending on what you eat for breakfast, it can also boost digestive and heart health29,30,31.
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30 Costabile A, Klinder A, Fava F, Napolitano A, Fogliano V, Leonard C, Gibson GR & Tuohy KM 2008, Whole‐grain wheat breakfast cereal has a prebiotic effect on the human gut microbiota: a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, crossover study, British Journal of Nutrition, 99: 110‐‐120.
31 Turconi G, Bazzano R, Caramella R, Tagliabue A & Lanzola E 1993, The effects of a high‐fibre cereal‐based breakfast on daily dietary intakes and bowel function, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 6 (3): 229‐243.
