Breaking
your Fast - Quickly
Have
you been under the misapprehension that a liquid lunch is the
most important meal of the day? Our brains (and central nervous
system) run on glucose, that is the fuel we need to think, walk,
talk, and carry on any and all activities.
If
the last time you eat something at night is at 7 or 8 p.m. and
the following day you miss out breakfast but wait until about
noon or so to eat - you will have gone about 15 hours with nothing
in your system.
Your
brain will be deprived of the fuel it needs to operate properly
and your body will have to work extra hard to break down any stored
food into a usable form to make your brain function.
That's
a lot to ask for when you're sitting in an office, trying to concentrate
on a project, or you are in a meeting.
Eating
breakfast has been proven to improve concentration, problem solving
ability, mental performance, memory, and mood. You will certainly
be at a disadvantage if your colleagues have eaten breakfast and
you've gone without. On average, they will think faster and clearer,
and will have better recall than you. Work or job hunting can
be tough enough without this extra-added pressure.
Online
Graduate recommended breakfast
To
begin one or two of:
- Half
a Grapefruit
- Glass
of fresh Orange juice
- Fruit
salad
- 2
Aspirin taken with water, very little movement or noise (if
needed)
Followed
by one of:
- Milk
and Cereal containing oats, bran, with chopped banana/strawberry
- Porridge
with fresh fruit
- Toast
with marmalade or peanut butter
- Eggs
- either boiled with soldiers, scrambled or poached on toast
- Croissants
If
all this sounds like too much work first thing in the morning,
do still try to eat something before leaving the house even if
it is just cold leftovers from the night before heated up in the
microwave.
