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Boost Your Brain Power
The benefits of breakfast go beyond the physical: stabilizing your glucose levels in the morning could have lasting effects on your brain throughout the day, too. The push to provide healthy breakfasts in schools is backed by numerous studies that show how children who eat a morning meal perform mentally and physically better throughout their day.
Both adults and children who eat breakfast daily appear to benefit from better memory, creativity and learning.
Breakfast also helps you stay focused, and you can maximize those concentration benefits by including “brain boosting” foods in your menu. Make some room for eggs, salmon, berries, nuts and seeds — these foods are high in omega-3 fatty acids and powerful antioxidants.
Resources
EAS Academy (Why Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day)WebMD (The Many Benefits of Breakfast)Consumer Reports (Why eating the right breakfast is so important)Live Science (4 Reasons Why You Should Never Skip Breakfast)Prevention (9 Breakfasts that Jump-Start Your Brain)
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