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Article: The homestead kitchen: Beans for breakfast?
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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Better nutrition to start your day
Research shows that a nutritious breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not only does a good breakfast provide good fuel to get a body moving, it provides necessary nutrients to help us "think smart."
Imagine attempting to drive to work with an empty fuel tank in your automobile. In the morning, you normally have not had any food for 8-12 hours. When you skip breakfast, or fill up on "empty" calories, you set yourself up for low energy which will affect both brain and body. The fuel necessary to keep moving and mentally functioning is taken from the muscles, slowing down metabolism and further sapping energy ...