Breakfast Facts Inside
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BREAKFAST FACTS BREAKFAST CAN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE ON HOW YOUR DAY TURNS OUT and how and what you may end up eating and feeling during the day. DID YOU KNOW that... If you begin your day with carbs, you get yourself into a vicious circle of wanting to have more carbs during the day with “no easy way out”... If you are in the habit of skipping breakfast your eating regime during the day is disrupted and you get yourself into a vicious cycle with “no easy way out” as a result, your blood sugar level drops and you feel hungry, which makes you seek simple carbohydrates during the day... A strong connection has recently been discovered between a bad breakfast and many health-related problems. As you might know, our body consists of 100 trillion cells which need 114 various nutrients during the day. What you eat consists of two major groups of elements. The first group supplies energy (proteins, fats, carbohydrates). The second group supplies building materials (amino acids, vitamins, minerals, microelements, etc). Yesterday you spent energy when you were awake and your body used the building materials at night to regenerate itself. Besides that, your body has spent 1 litre of water during the night through breathing, sweating and morning visit to the bathroom. So your body wakes up “empty” in the morning and, on behalf of 100 trillion cells, begs you “Hey, give me back all the nutrients, energy and water I spent in the last 24 hours”. You may not feel hungry or thirsty in the morning but it’s just a matter of time. And now let’s see what you may be giving your body in the morning: Toast with jam and coffee with sugar. These are simple carbohydrates which when digested immediately turn into sugar. Your body wakes up in the morning and asks for vital nutrients and water and you give it sugar instead. By raising the blood sugar level, you force your pancreas to overproduce insulin. Insulin removes extra sugar from the blood and turns it into fat. As a result, blood sugar level drops, often below the level you woke up with. Now you are feeling hungry and weak as your brain lacks sugar. It’s a reason behind cravings. To overcome hunger, you again seek simple carbohydrates (chocolate, sweet coffee, sandwiches, sweets, cookies, doughnuts, soft drinks and juices, etc.) which again raise your blood sugar level and free you of hunger and weakness. Each sugar “injection” is followed by the insulin surge. This cycle repeats itself several times a day and you develop dependence on carbs. The excess of carbs makes the pancreas work
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BR
EA
KFA
ST FA
CTS
BR
EA
KFA
ST C
AN
PLA
Y A
MA
JOR
RO
LE O
N H
OW
YO
UR
DA
Y T
UR
NS
OU
T
and
how
and w
hat y
ou m
ay e
nd
up e
atin
g a
nd fe
elin
g d
urin
g th
e d
ay.
DID
YO
U K
NO
W th
at...
If you b
eg
in y
our d
ay w
ith ca
rbs, y
ou
get y
ou
rself in
to a
vicio
us circle
of w
antin
g to
have m
ore
carb
s du
ring
the d
ay w
ith “n
o e
asy
way o
ut”...
If you a
re in
the h
abit o
f skipp
ing
bre
akfa
st your e
atin
g re
gim
e d
urin
g th
e d
ay is
disru
pte
d a
nd y
ou g
et y
ourse
lf into
a v
icious cy
cle w
ith “n
o e
asy
way o
ut” a
s a
resu
lt, you
r blo
od
sug
ar le
vel d
rops a
nd y
ou fe
el h
un
gry
, which
make
s you se
ek
simple
carb
oh
yd
rate
s du
ring
the d
ay...
A stro
ng
connectio
n h
as re
cen
tly b
een d
iscovere
d b
etw
een
a b
ad b
reakfa
st and
many
health
-rela
ted
pro
ble
ms. A
s you m
ight kn
ow
, our b
od
y co
nsists o
f 10
0 trillio
n ce
lls which
need
114
vario
us n
utrie
nts d
urin
g th
e d
ay. W
hat y
ou
eat co
nsists o
f two m
ajo
r gro
up
s of
ele
ments. T
he fi
rst gro
up
sup
plie
s en
erg
y (p
rote
ins, fa
ts, carb
ohydra
tes). T
he se
cond
g
rou
p su
pp
lies b
uild
ing
mate
rials (a
min
o a
cids, v
itam
ins, m
inera
ls, micro
ele
ments, e
tc).
Yeste
rday y
ou sp
ent e
nerg
y w
hen
you w
ere
aw
ake
an
d y
our b
ody u
sed
the b
uild
ing
mate
rials a
t nig
ht to
reg
en
era
te itse
lf. Besid
es th
at, y
our b
od
y h
as sp
ent 1
litre o
f wate
r d
urin
g th
e n
ight th
roug
h b
reath
ing, sw
eatin
g a
nd m
orn
ing v
isit to th
e b
ath
room
. So
your b
ody w
ake
s up
“em
pty
” in th
e m
orn
ing
an
d, o
n b
ehalf o
f 10
0 trillio
n ce
lls, beg
s you “H
ey, g
ive m
e b
ack a
ll the n
utrie
nts, e
nerg
y a
nd w
ate
r I spent in
the la
st 24
hours”.
You m
ay n
ot fe
el h
ung
ry o
r thirsty
in th
e m
orn
ing
but it’s ju
st a m
atte
r of tim
e.
And n
ow
let’s se
e w
hat y
ou m
ay b
e g
ivin
g y
our b
od
y in
the m
orn
ing: T
oast w
ith ja
m a
nd
co
ffee w
ith su
gar. T
hese
are
simple
carb
oh
yd
rate
s which
when d
igeste
d im
med
iate
ly
turn
into
sugar. Y
ou
r body w
ake
s up
in th
e m
orn
ing
and a
sks for v
ital n
utrie
nts a
nd
w
ate
r and
you g
ive it su
gar in
stead
. By ra
ising
the b
lood su
gar le
vel, y
ou fo
rce y
our
pancre
as to
overp
rodu
ce in
sulin
. Insu
lin re
moves e
xtra
sug
ar fro
m th
e b
lood
an
d tu
rns it
into
fat. A
s a re
sult, b
lood su
gar le
vel d
rops, o
ften b
elo
w th
e le
vel y
ou w
oke
up
with
.
Now
you a
re fe
elin
g h
ung
ry a
nd
weak a
s your b
rain
lacks su
gar. It’s a
reaso
n b
eh
ind
cravin
gs. T
o o
verco
me h
ung
er, y
ou a
gain
seek sim
ple
carb
oh
yd
rate
s (choco
late
, sweet
coff
ee, sa
nd
wich
es, sw
eets, co
okie
s, dough
nuts, so
ft drin
ks and
juice
s, etc.) w
hich
again
ra
ise y
our b
lood
sug
ar le
vel a
nd
free
you o
f hun
ger a
nd w
eakn
ess. E
ach
sug
ar “in
jectio
n” is fo
llow
ed
by th
e in
sulin
surg
e.
This cy
cle re
peats itse
lf severa
l times a
day a
nd
you d
evelo
p d
epend
en
ce o
n ca
rbs. T
he
exce
ss of ca
rbs m
ake
s the p
ancre
as w
ork a
t consta
nt o
verlo
ad
. It’s one o
f the m
ost
frequ
ent re
aso
ns fo
r develo
pin
g d
iabete
s. Besid
es, e
xce
ss blo
od
sug
ar d
am
ages y
ou
r b
lood v
esse
ls. Exce
ssive su
gar w
ill be a
gain
an
d a
gain
turn
ed in
to e
xtra
fat.
If you a
re in
the h
abit o
f skipp
ing
bre
akfa
st, now
let’s se
e w
hat y
ou a
re fe
ed
ing it w
ith...
The a
nsw
er is: n
oth
ing
! As a
resu
lt, your b
lood su
gar le
vel d
rop
s and
you
feel h
ung
ry,
which
make
s you se
ek sim
ple
carb
ohydra
tes (ch
oco
late
, sweet co
ffee, sa
nd
wich
es,
sweets, co
okie
s, dough
nuts, so
ft drin
ks, juice
s, etc.) to
satisfy
your h
un
ger a
nd to
raise
your b
lood
sug
ar le
vel... B
y ra
ising
the b
lood su
gar le
vel, y
ou fo
rce y
our p
ancre
as to
overp
rod
uce
insu
lin. In
sulin
rem
oves e
xtra
sugar fro
m th
e b
lood
and
turn
s it into
fat, a
s a re
sult, y
ou
r blo
od su
gar le
vel d
rops a
nd y
ou fe
el h
ung
ry, w
hich
make
s you se
ek
simple
carb
oh
yd
rate
s (choco
late
, sweet co
ffee, sa
ndw
iches, sw
eets, co
okie
s, d
ou
gh
nuts, so
ft drin
ks, juice
s, etc.) to
satisfy
you
r hung
er ... T
he v
iciou
s cycle
carrie
s on!The a
bove a
re th
e m
ost co
mm
on ca
use
s of g
ain
ing e
xtra
weig
ht; p
ossib
ly le
adin
g
to h
igh b
lood p
ressu
re a
nd
dia
bete
s. An
d... it a
ll beg
ins w
ith a
bad
bre
akfa
st. MA
KE
