Why Skip Breakfast?
While I'm writing this one, I'm thinking of a friend of mine who has always maintained that she "couldn't" eat breakfast. She just couldn't face food in the morning, she said. I've read a lot over the years about the detrimental effects of skipping the wake-up meal of the day, including just recently the statement that if you don't ingest something by approximately 8 a.m., your body will busily produce cholesterol in an attempt to compensate for you depriving it of fuel.
This morning I downed my usual day-starter of a whole grain product, organic yogurt, nuts and seeds and then headed off to do a little grocery shopping. "Peace Cereal" caught my eye, so I bought a box. After I got it home, I sat down to investigate their website. Even if you never buy one of their products, it's worth clicking on the above link. This is one packed-with-info site.
Since their launch in 1997, their habit of donating 10% of their profits to peace building organizations has resulted in more than $1 million in donations. Explore the site and you'll find out about Peace Cereal grants for nonprofit organizations working for peace, and International Peace Prayer Day, held annually in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
There's an absolute plethora of organic cereals you could order as well as other products, and a listing of (U.S. only) sites where they're available. For you Ontarians, I found my buy this morning at Longo's, and I've seen the cereal before at several "health food" stores. Cereal offers a really easy way to break the habit of skipping breakfast, and one of these is bound to please your palate.
The site also offers some eye-opening facts about American eating habits, like their annual consumption of sugar rising 36 pounds per person from 1970 to 1999. There's a formula to help you calculate how much protein a day you need based on your body weight, and tables that list best sources of essential elements.
Make yourself a cup of coffee, or maybe some herbal tea and sip away while you browse through this site. You've got nothing to lose, and maybe a lot to gain.
This morning I downed my usual day-starter of a whole grain product, organic yogurt, nuts and seeds and then headed off to do a little grocery shopping. "Peace Cereal" caught my eye, so I bought a box. After I got it home, I sat down to investigate their website. Even if you never buy one of their products, it's worth clicking on the above link. This is one packed-with-info site.
Since their launch in 1997, their habit of donating 10% of their profits to peace building organizations has resulted in more than $1 million in donations. Explore the site and you'll find out about Peace Cereal grants for nonprofit organizations working for peace, and International Peace Prayer Day, held annually in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
There's an absolute plethora of organic cereals you could order as well as other products, and a listing of (U.S. only) sites where they're available. For you Ontarians, I found my buy this morning at Longo's, and I've seen the cereal before at several "health food" stores. Cereal offers a really easy way to break the habit of skipping breakfast, and one of these is bound to please your palate.
The site also offers some eye-opening facts about American eating habits, like their annual consumption of sugar rising 36 pounds per person from 1970 to 1999. There's a formula to help you calculate how much protein a day you need based on your body weight, and tables that list best sources of essential elements.
Make yourself a cup of coffee, or maybe some herbal tea and sip away while you browse through this site. You've got nothing to lose, and maybe a lot to gain.
1 Comments:
I'm one of those that tend to skip breakfasts ... I'm working on stopping that habit and forcing myself to have something ... at the very least, a banana.
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