Healthy Breakfast

At night, our body uses more energy than we believe. Because while we slumber softly in the pillow, he has to maintain breathing, heart rate and metabolism. Also the brain performs great, while we indulge in sweet dreams: now is important in the long-term memory saved and unimportant deleted from the body's own hard drive. All this consumes power. But not going to eat of course, when we sleep.

The night is the most longest time throughout the day in which we are forced to fasting. No wonder that morning our battery will be charged, before we start into the day. Otherwise, comes also our metabolism not on tour, but continues on the back burner. And we are unfocused, less motivated and take longer to go up to the peak. Therefore, just before school or work, "Charging" is attached.

What is a healthy breakfast?

A full breakfast is varied and tasty at the same time. Mix according to your heart's content, what taste you and your family - and brings new strength: whole-grain bread or buns, alternative cereals, fresh fruit, milk, yogurt or cheese, tomato or cucumber, occasionally a slice lean ham or sausage. Pushing it ever more colorful you, the better.

But don't worry: You don't have every morning a giant buffet dish up. For most of the week also have neither the time nor the desire. You prepare as much as possible in the evening already, then it is morning faster. And put on a light breakfast. Because are better than one or two large and heavy eating several small meals a day.

Do not start with an empty stomach

Main thing is that you do not start with an empty stomach. Every third young person in world makes this mistake, according to a study of at USA of University with students between 11 and 15 years. Apparently behind the desire to stay slim. Because girls polled every second and every third boy felt too thick. When the 15-year-old, even every second renounced breakfast so the balance sheet.

This diet physicians such as Volker Schusdziarra strongly discourage weight loss agree by radical cures. Although it could save calories quite already at breakfast, so the Munich scientists at the Klinikum rechts der ISAR. Because his research showed that a rich morning meal anyway during the day normally is hungry and eats a total even more than after a small breakfast.

However, Schusdziarra warns therefore generally to refrain from breakfast. Rather, it is important that every man for himself decides whether he may or may not have the morning already lush breakfast. Who dispenses with a big breakfast, have the freedom to eat something more on the other day. Who takes morning many calories to, must save for that which at subsequent meals.

Bring your family to the taste

As a parent, you can not only inform, but also set an example by moving: who lives above his children that several small meals throughout the day distributed prevent cravings and help in keeping the figure convinced more easily than someone who stubbornly preaches nutrition rules.

Let's surprise your children with snacks that taste morning muffles and are quickly identified: hearty fruit kebabs with cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices and Mini Mozzarella or fruit skewers with Apple slices and grapes provide color at the breakfast table. If your children do not love great whole grain breads, perhaps small pumpernickel with ricotta and herbs make them more appetite. Or how about times to cut the occupied whole grain breads with cookie molds? The eye eats with finally.

If your children despite shortly after getting on have still no desire to eat, you do not force them. A glass of milk or a drinking yogurt go down easier and already suffice to raise the metabolism and activate the Grey cells. The sandwich may be for something more richly. And then: good start!