Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, here’s why by Ibrahim Rogers

 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, here’s why. 

As a hard believer in breakfast being the most important meal of the day, I feel like I should share the reasons why breakfast is so essential. When I skip breakfast, I feel so much more empty than when I skip lunch or dinner. I also feel like I have more energy and can concentrate better during school when I eat in the morning. That's why you will often hear people recommend eating a good breakfast before a big test. It is hard to focus when you're sitting there thinking about how hungry you are. Research supports some of this too. A systematic review that looked at 45 studies found that eating breakfast had short-term benefits for certain areas of cognition, especially attention, executive function, and memory.

Another interesting statistic is that between 20% and 30% of children and adolescents skip breakfast, making it one of the most commonly skipped meals. I honestly think that's a lot when breakfast can make such a difference in how you feel during the morning. For me, breakfast is definitely something I don't want to skip, especially before a long day at school or an important test. Everyone might have their own opinion about which meal is the most important, but based on how I feel and what the research shows, I think breakfast deserves the title.

Adolphus, Katie, et al. “The Effects of Breakfast and Breakfast Composition on Cognition in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.” Advances in Nutrition, vol. 7, no. 3, 1 May 2016, pp. 590S-612S, 10.3945/an.115.010256.