Breakfast provides the energy your body needs to start the day. When you wake up in the morning, you haven't eaten for 8 to 12 hours: it's time to break that fast.

Research has shown that breakfast helps to improve mental and physical performance and contributes many important nutrients to your diet.

Skipping breakfast is not a good way to cut calories during the day. . . you may end up eating more at lunch, or relieving your hunger with higher fat, less nutritious snacks. If you eat a good breakfast, you might not need those higher fat quick fixes.

What's for Breakfast?

A good breakfast is one that:

1. higher in carbohydrates and lower in fat (High carbohydrate foods include: breads, cereals, other grain products,牋 vegetables and fruits.)
2. includes choices from at least 3 of the 4 Food Groups from Canada's Food Guide
Delicious Breakfast Suggestions:
1. cereal with lower fat milk topped with fruit and nuts
2. a piece of peanut-butter toast, and a shake made with low fat milk, juice and fruit
3. combine lower fat yogurt, crunchy cereal and fruit
4. No matter what you choose, eating breakfast (even on the run) gives your body and your brain the energy they need to carry you through the day.