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Breakfast If you have to miss one meal a day or if you want to do so, which meal will cause fewest health problems? Unsurprisingly, most people (especially dieters or very busy people) will choose to skip breakfast. However, many health experts consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day. If we eat a good breakfast, they say, we will have the energy and nutrients to begin our working day with vigor and hopefully with good humour. Nevertheless, many people skip breakfast or replace a well-balanced meal with a donut and a cup of coffee. What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast? One recent study conducted in the United States tested a large number of people in different cities throughout the country. Participants included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given a variety of breakfasts, and sometimes, they had to skip breakfast completely. Special tests, including blood tests and endurance tests, were set up to study how well the participants’ bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The result showed that if a person eats a good breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor one. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves mental activity. The study showed that if schoolchildren eat fruit, eggs, bread, and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to focus on their lessons for a longer period of time than those whose breakfast diet is poor. The study also showed that if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you are on a diet, skipping breakfast will not help you. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals. key words and e