‘Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar’ we all have heard this phrase before but how many of us actually follow it? Breakfast is a must for all of us. It is the most important meal of the day. A healthy breakfast is very important for our health and weight management, but not having it at all is the worst option. Here are some great reasons you shouldn’t never skip your breakfast no matter what. Break the fast: Ever think of what “breakfast” means? Your body responds to not eating for hours and hours by slowing down its metabolic rate. By eating breakfast, you wake up your metabolism and get your engine humming, burning those calories you need to burn to lose weight. Eat more, weight less: Researchers have repeatedly shown that people who eat breakfast have a better chance of losing weight, and keeping it off! When you skip meals you’re so hungry by lunchtime you eat the entire cow! Research carried out at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh has shown that eating breakfast cereal in the morning helps aid weight loss. Make you alert: Don’t be a bed head… breakfast helps you wake up. Studies show that people who eat breakfast are more alert and do better on tests than people who skip breakfast. Conversely, a hungry child can be apathetic, disinterested and irritable when confronted with difficult tasks. Breakfast is the key. No doubt adults need breakfast as much as kids do. Breakfast makes your machine run better: Get yourself on a schedule with a healthy breakfast, and you’re ready to take on the world.