7 curiosities that you probably did not know about breakfast

We reviewed seven relevant facts about the time of breakfast that you probably did not know, from its origin to some myths and fundamental benefits of putting it into practice.

Breakfast is equivalent to starting the day with energy, dosing the appetite sensation throughout the day, regulating caloric intake or avoiding moments of drowsiness or pecking between meals. But in addition to this energy benefit, we ignore many facts about breakfast, misnamed the most important meal of the day.

From Kaiku Without Lactose, the range of light and digestive milk dismantle this myth and give us seven more curiosities that we should not overlook about the first meal of the day and the many advantages that bring to your health, both physical and mental.

7 key facts about breakfast that you probably did not know

• It’s a recent invention! : According to the American historian Abigail Carroll explains the breakfast as we know it can be placed in the second half of the nineteenth century. Before, the first meal of the day resembled more to dinner or lunch, including foods such as meat. Due to indigestion for these strong meals, the transition to the current breakfast model began.
• Thanks to him, you eat better the rest of the day: Various studies show that people who bet on a full and healthy breakfast -despiring the consumption of sugars and fast-absorbing carbohydrates- also eat healthier for the rest of the day. The organism is assorted of nutrients and in this way, the phenomenon known as stress-eating, equivalent to eating with anxiety, does not occur. 
• But it is not the most important meal of the day: This false myth has penetrated strongly in the collective unconscious of today’s society. Expert nutritionists have revealed that all meals, prepared in a healthy and conscious way, are important and also perform different functions during the course of the day. While breakfast activates the body during the morning, the meal represents the central energy contribution of the day and dinner is the set-up for rest and relaxation. Eating healthy snacks in the middle of the morning contributes to the balance and regulation of hunger.
• Spaniards do not eat breakfast well:  As the Spanish National Health Survey reveals, the Spanish population has some liquid breakfast plus bread, cookies, cereals or pastries. This type of breakfast (consumed by 57% of Spaniards) far surpasses the most popular one, based on only something liquid (12%): coffee, tea, milk, yogurt or cocoa. To find a full breakfast you have to wait for the third option, consisting of liquid food, fruit and solid foods such as bread or cereals. Only 9% of respondents adopt it.
• The proportion of the perfect breakfast : According to the president of the Spanish Nutrition Foundation, this food must account for 25% of daily energy needs and include four groups of staple foods: cereals, milk or yogurt, fruit and the last group in the They fit foods like nuts, eggs, tomatoes, olive oil, and even legumes or fish.
• Eating breakfast makes you more productive: Eating the aforementioned food groups in a balanced way is essential to optimize the range of attention and increase cognitive ability, concentration, and good job performance. The hourly fork between 9 and 11 can become one of the most productive of the day when it is preceded by the proper breakfast.
• Yogurt, the great ally: According to the New York Times in the eighties began the boom of yogurt in the first hour thanks to the popularity of skimmed yogurt. These dairy products can play a triple beneficial function: they improve digestion, strengthen the immune system and contribute to the sensation of necessary satiety, avoiding unhealthy pecking.