Acquire Brain Power:
Experts say breakfast boosts our brain-power, keeps us slim and lifts our mood. Never manage on a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits till lunchtime. You require a lot of energy for a healthy start of the day. Ensure that you and your family members have a healthy and nutritious breakfast. Try different menu's for breakfast. Toast and egg , porridge, milk and cornflakes, noodles, pasta, bacon etc are good options. Bread is a universal breakfast item. Experiment and serve in a various ways- Plain toast (with butter, cheese , jam, jelly or marmalade) or French Toast, sandwiches, cutlets and so on. Eggs are also a versatile breakfast item. You can serve it poached, scrambled, boiled or made into a fluffy omelet.

Boost Your Vitamin Intake:
Fresh fruit juice is suggested at breakfast. It boosts the blood's glucose level. Seasonal fresh fruits should always be included in the breakfast menu. There are a wide variety of cereals are available today to cater to every taste. Make sure your family members have bowl everyday. Sprouts is a tasty addition to your breakfast menu. It's rich in vitamins and minerals. Keep milk in any form (including tea, coffee, shakes etc.). Dieticians say eating the largest meal at breakfast decreases food intake throughout the day, which is definitely good for your overall health.

Improve Your Memory:
For children a healthy breakfast, before they leave for school, is a must. Wake them up early so that they have sufficient time to get ready and have healthy leisurely breakfast. Instead of plain milk every day make them a luring milk shake. It will provide them with the double benefits of milk and fruits. Include their favourite dishes once in a while so that they look forward to the meal. Though our brain receive a constant supply of glucose (its fuel) inspite of a long gap between meals, recent research prove that the overnight fast leaves our brain starved. Inadequate glucose at adversely affect certain brain functions, most notably memory.

Strengthen Bonds:
Nutritionists reckon ideal consumption of 500 calories are required for a quarter of the days nutritional needs. Breakfast enhances physical performance, verbal fluency and the ability to recall. Try and arrange for the entire family to have breakfast together. It gives a good start to the day. You can catch up on each others schedule for the day, discuss the latest news or just chat. Research show, families who regularly have a proper breakfast together are more cohesive than those where each member grabs a hurried bite before leaving.

Watch Your Weight:
Weight-watchers often skip breakfast hoping it will help them reduce weight. This approach has been proven wrong. Research's show, high carbohydrate breakfasts of cereals, bread and fruit helps reducing the carbohydrates stored in the muscles. If you are trying to loose weight, go slow on sugar and butter. Fresh fruits (except mangoes, bananas, chikoos, custard apple), skimmed milk etc. is what you should depend on.

Increase Your Alertness:
A study in a multinational company has revealed that employees who skip breakfast are more depressed compared to those who have healthy breakfast. The latter felt more content, alert and interested in their jobs. It has also been proved breakfast-eaters have higher intakes of vitamins A,E and D, iron and calcium than non-breakfast eaters.

Lay The Table Well:
The breakfast table should be laid properly so that it looks inviting. Don't just dump food on the table. Make the table attractive by laying colourful table-mats. Decorate a bowl of fresh fruit and a knife in the centre of the table. Pour warm milk into individual glasses, serve tea in a tea-pot covered with a tea-cosy. Use pretty crockery. Keep bread, butter, honey, jams, sugar, salt, pepper, etc along with teaspoons, forks and knives on the table so that you don't have to get up continuously.

Make Your Sunday's Special:
Make Sunday breakfast or brunches into something special, which the whole family looks forward to. Keep it at a leisurely pace and a little later than the regular week-day breakfast. Make something which is everyone's favourite . Ask your family members to help you. Don't let breakfast become a casualty in our hectic lifestyles. Kick-start our day with a healthy breakfast and feel the change yourselves.

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