UNDERSTANDING THE WORD BREAKFAST

Have you ever considered what the word BREAKFAST means?  It is simple really when you look at the word.  Breakfast means to break the fast (for the body's understanding) between dinner (the previous night) and lunch (current day).  This is why breakfast is so important to diabetics.  It is vitally important to tell your body you are "up and at it"!

When you don't eat breakfast, your body enters into a prolonged fasting state.  Your body begins to believe you won't be eating anytime soon so when you finally eat lunch it stores it as fat because it thinks, "I'd better save this for later. I don't know when the next meal will come."  And that of course causes weight gain.  This is why eating breakfast is stressed when dieting!  However, when you break the fast in the morning, your body will use the food to power you though the day.

That said, remember you should eat a healthy breakfast.  A soda pop and a candy bar are not the answer!