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Breakfast Is The Best Meal Of The Day Essay

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A very good morning to principal, teachers and students. Firstly, I would like thank you this school for giving me the opportunity to stand here in this beautiful morning. I am Miss Devaki Anndy, Nutrionist from Penang General Hospital and also a former student of this school. Today I would like to give a talk and the title is “Why breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. Breakfast are well defined as the first meal of the day eaten in the morning after a night’s sleep. When we are sleeping we are fasting for longer hours and breaking the fast should be the best meal of the day (Marotz 2009). Eating a substantial meal within the first few hours of waking up is much healthier for kids. Breakfast is an opportunity for a new beginning …show more content…

Children who skip breakfast more likely to suffer diabetes type 2. This is because after a period of fasting we had a higher level of insulin and our body will less respond to the hormone which normally regulates the amount of sugar in bloodstream. Over time, this constant flux in insulin levels can cause body to build up insulin resistance. For an example, those who skip breakfast in the morning have slightly higher blood sugar levels than children who regularly ate breakfast. Increase in sugar levels in bloodstream instead of being used as fuel leads to symptoms such as tiredness and thirst. .Diabetes in early childhood may lead to blindness and kidney failure. Another health problem may occur is coronary heart disease risk. As you sleep all night we are fasting and so if you do not break the fast regularly in the morning it puts a strain on your bodies that over the time leads to hypercholesterolemia and blood pressure problems which can lead to heart diseases. So your body need to be fed regularly in the morning in order to maintain healthy levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, hormones such as insulin and normal blood

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