Is breakfast important?

http://ceereal.eu/documents/marangoni.pdf

http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearning.pdf

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Breakfast

http://blog.zocdoc.com/is-breakfast-the-most-important-meal-fact-vs-myth/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5738848

http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/spacelab/pubs/MahoneyEtAl.pdf

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/67/4/772S.full.pdf

As kids we are told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but is that really true?

Glucose is the body’s energy source. It is broken down and absorbed from the carbohydrates you eat. In the morning, after you have gone without food for as long as 12 hours, your glycogen stores are low. Glycogen is the glucose that has been stored in your muscle tissue and liver where it is released slowly overnight to keep your blood sugar levels stable.

Once all of the energy from the glycogen stores is used up, your body starts to break down fatty acids to produce the energy it needs. Without carbohydrate, fatty acids are only partially oxidised, which can cause reduced energy levels. Eating breakfast restores your glycogen stores and boosts your energy levels, as well as your metabolism for the day.

Results from David Benton and Pearl Y Parker: Breakfast, blood glucose, and cognition:

Results suggest that performance on most measures is enhanced by breakfast consumption and that the composition of breakfast can also influence subject's cognitive performance on some measures, particularly spatial memory, short-term memory, and auditory attention.