{"id":1722,"date":"2018-07-13T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:47:16","slug":"do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\nBreakfast has always been known as \u2018the most important meal of the day\u2019. It\u2019s supposed to be a healthy start to your day, your energy boost after a night\u2019s sleep, and a boon for metabolism.<br>That\u2019s what you\u2019ve been told, but that\u2019s not necessarily the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some scientists argue it\u2019s all a myth, and despite breakfast being advocated as a healthy choice for years, a report by the UK\u2019s National Obesity Observatory concluded that \u201cit is not clear whether there is a causal relationship with Body Mass Index (weight) or whether breakfast is merely a marker for other lifestyle factors that can contribute to healthy body weight\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So should we still bother with breakfast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P2o3ulb5sUk\/W0mYErq5ZTI\/AAAAAAAAAno\/KVrCTwELldUXaf2lAVJfCD1Xydkj15fFACLcBGAs\/s1600\/breakfast-happy-hospitals1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P2o3ulb5sUk\/W0mYErq5ZTI\/AAAAAAAAAno\/KVrCTwELldUXaf2lAVJfCD1Xydkj15fFACLcBGAs\/s400\/breakfast-happy-hospitals1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the few clinical trials that are available revealed people\u2019s morning eating habits having no impact on waistlines. The largest case study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, told 300 overweight or obese people to skip or eat breakfast for four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was absolutely no difference whatsoever in the amount of weight-loss,\u201d said Prof David Allison, who conducted that trial at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith respect to weight, at least in adults, it looks like we\u2019re leaning towards it [breakfast] being a myth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He hypothesized people trying to lose weight typically skip breakfast to curb their waistline. These health-conscious people who hop onto the breakfast bandwagon end up gaining more weight in the long run, as they typically don\u2019t eat less later in the day, so it\u2019s just piling on early extra calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering these facts, breakfast can still be nutritional as it\u2019s an easy meal to get right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want breakfast to be worth your time, \u2018think fibre\u2019 says Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VJUwHfWdNns\/W0mYnRe3psI\/AAAAAAAAAnw\/alDevVGOo7Mvr6g0k1j8ffd6FCBGjnh-ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/breakfast-happy-hospitals2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VJUwHfWdNns\/W0mYnRe3psI\/AAAAAAAAAnw\/alDevVGOo7Mvr6g0k1j8ffd6FCBGjnh-ACLcBGAs\/s400\/breakfast-happy-hospitals2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOverall we\u2019re not getting enough fibre in our diet and it\u2019s easy to incorporate fibre into breakfast. Take porridge \u2013 it\u2019s cheap, it\u2019s cheerful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as porridge, high fibre breakfasts include fruit, wholegrain toast and some breakfast cereals \u2013 just be wary of the cereals loaded with extra sugars, or even salts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So there\u2019re two sides of the argument, both advocating for and against breakfast. What should you choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple answer: if you\u2019re a regular breakfast eater, try to make it as healthy and balanced as possible to set your body up for meals later in the day. If you\u2019re a skipper, you don\u2019t necessarily need to add it to your routine \u2013 it might make no difference, as studies have shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But having a healthy meal at any point in the day is usually okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re currently eating breakfast I think you should make it the healthiest breakfast you can,\u201d said Professor Susan Jebb, a nutrition scientist at the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a breakfast skipper, I\u2019m certainly not going to say you must eat breakfast, but I would encourage you to think about it.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakfast has always been known as \u2018the most important meal of the day\u2019. It\u2019s supposed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-fitness-tips","category-nutrition","category-yoga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Breakfast has always been known as \u2018the most important meal of the day\u2019. It\u2019s supposed&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Happy Hospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"275\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"183\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time?\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":507,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Fitness Tips\",\"Nutrition\",\"Yoga\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg\",\"width\":275,\"height\":183},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Happy Hospital\",\"description\":\"Shri Ramchandra Joint Replacement Center\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Happy Hospital\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Happy Hospital\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/happy-hospitals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital","og_description":"Breakfast has always been known as \u2018the most important meal of the day\u2019. It\u2019s supposed&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/","og_site_name":"Happy Hospital","article_published_time":"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":275,"height":183,"url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time?","datePublished":"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/"},"wordCount":507,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","articleSection":["Featured","Fitness Tips","Nutrition","Yoga"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/","name":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time? - Happy Hospital","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-13T10:00:21+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-22T09:47:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","width":275,"height":183},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/do-you-think-breakfast-is-waste-of-time\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do You Think Breakfast is Waste of Time?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/","name":"Happy Hospital","description":"Shri Ramchandra Joint Replacement Center","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Happy Hospital","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/logo-1.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Happy Hospital"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/breakfast-happy-hospitals.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happy-hospitals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}