We all know that a healthy and balanced diet is essential for a healthy living. As the adage goes “Health is Wealth”, we tend to put in less effort to understand the underlying message. A well-balanced and nutritious diet is the most important requirement for all ages, especially with the kids and growing children.

Healthy Breakfast

Don’t we skip meals? More importantly, several research studies revealed that kids tend to skip the meals especially the breakfast. Some kids skip breakfast simply because they sleep late and tend to have no time in the morning to eat before they rush off to school and some think it’s a way. Again, some of the kids will step out of their homes, early morning with only a glass of milk. This practice is very harmful and kids tend to suffer from mid-morning hunger and those results in decreased attention in whatever they do. The attentiveness in academics too takes a downward dip. It also affects their energy levels. The chemistry is simple, brain cells need glucose to be active and a skip in breakfast meaning no energy to the cells and they remain dull and inactive.

Again, it has been found that kids who skip breakfast are more likely to have higher body mass index that by itself is a sign that they can be overweight. Necessity does lie in understanding the importance of nutritious breakfast.

Little do the parents realize that their kids less attention in their studies have a positive correlation with skipping a healthy breakfast? On the contrary, the over enthusiastic parents will sign in for more tutorials to excel academically, will buy more special learning software for their knowledge and above all to make them an all-rounder, the parents would pack their schedule with enrichment and extra-curricular activities. Never would they associate the less attentiveness of their kids with skipping breakfast.

Although it is great challenge to hone their kids’ skills in a multitude of ways, it is equally important as well that the parents do not neglect one of the simplest ways to help ensure that their kids do the best-a healthy and well-balanced breakfast.

It has been studied and found that eating a healthy and nutritious breakfast can help kids stay full and avoid any kind of distraction. It also helps them to do their best in school academically. The kind of food habit that a kid needs to develop to combat the less attentiveness syndrome is a breakfast that should be rich in cereal, fruits and vegetables. The first meal of the day is very essential to stay focus and learn efficiently with attention throughout the day. A nutritious breakfast needs to include three out of the five following food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, milk and meat/beans.

Why is it so necessary to eat food from a variety of food groups? The answer is simple. Eating from a multiple food group helps ensure the body gets the much-needed vitamins, minerals and nutrients in good proportions. After all, one must understand that the body derives its necessary elements from our food contents up to a large extent.

A recent study revealed that a breakfast with Frosted Mini-Wheat had an almost 20 per cent improvement in the attention span of the children than the ones that did not take the breakfast with the aforementioned wheat. Needless to say, this cereal is an outstanding choice for the kids and what more it is an excellent source of fiber. It is made of whole grain and is extremely quick and convenient to prepare as well. Whole grain cereals based breakfasts are easy to prepare also.

Whole grain is an extremely important constituent for a nutritious and healthy breakfast. This is because whole grains help slow down the combustion process of carbohydrates. As a result of this the energy that is produced by burning of the carbohydrates is continued for a longer period of time and the child does not show symptoms of loss of energy or fatigue. It keeps a child more energetic for longer periods.

Again, it is the breakfast time and one should always take in some fruit or the other as fruits are an essential source of several vitamins. Fruits also contain fiber that is very important component for a kid’s breakfast. Additionally, to make the breakfast well balanced, ensure that protein is supplemented in the form of low-fat milk or is eaten in other form such as eggs.

There can be a variety of combinations of the important ingredients of a balanced breakfast. Dieticians and health experts suggest several combinations of nutritious foods that can be easily included in the breakfast. These may be such as a bowl of high-fiber cereal along with low-fat milk and a fruit or a bowl of cereal topped with fresh blueberries.

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