Breakfast makes you fast

Published in Young Nation 22 October 2011

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Breakfast makes you fast

By Noor-ul-Ain Hanif

“Early to sleep early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.” A number of times, we have listened this quote in our life but we didn’t analyze it. Early sleeping and early rising can make you wise but for having a slim and smart body, eating properly on time is very important. Therefore, the food is divided into four shifts; breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner. Do you amuse your tummy by the four trips of food? I am sure most of you will only nod for the dinner because life is very fast, therefore most of us only go for dinner.

Ironically, it should be the most important task of the day but it is the most ignored one. Breakfast is the main power station that fuels up you for everyday activity or you can say that the more heavy breakfast you take the more time your tummy will remain filled.

There are a number of tummy friendly breakfast snacks are available in the market but the tastiest and most hygienic snack is the one that your mother cooks at home. However, the breakfast menu is very vast which differs from culture to culture. Many people like to eat simple breakfast comprises of eggs cooked in different styles, sandwiches, porridge cornflakes with a glass of milk but on the other hand, desi people’s desi tummy loves to have desi breakfast that is of anda (egg), parhata (bread) with fresh butter or honey spread on it, hot halwa pori with a glass of lassi or milk. However,  most of the desi people like to eat dinner items in breakfast which is actually a good practice as in morning, we keep in action therefore the food digest easily where else, when we take such heavy items in late night dinner, it takes time to digest as a result we suffer from indigestion and other stomach problems.

Breakfast without tea is like a dinner without a sweet dish. More or less all Pakistanis are fond of tea. Having a hot cup of tea or coffee in the morning is very necessary for charging up. Along with tea and coffee, milk and juices are also consumed in breakfast again both are the combo of energy.

Breakfast is the most basic right of your body so don't try to deprive it.  Skipping breakfast will result in body weakness. There is a famous saying “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper” so follow this quote and have a healthy mind in a healthy body.