Breakfast, most important meal of the day!

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for everyone!  We hear this statement over and over again in our daily lives, but what does it mean?  Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

From WebMD:

“While adults need to eat breakfast each day to perform their best, kids need it even more. Their growing bodies and developing brains rely heavily on the regular intake of food. When kids skip breakfast, they can end up going for long periods of time without food and this period of semistarvation can create a lot of physical, intellectual, and behavioral problems for them.”

Children are constantly moving, growing, and learning and they need to the calories and nutritional benefit of a healthy breakfast to power them through their day.  At the Center for Children and Families, we agree with the experts and do everything we can to provide a high quality, nutritious breakfast everyday to our children.  We believe in the importance of high quality food so much that we have employed a full-time cook on site who prepares meals everyday with fresh produce and quality protein sources for your children.

“If you and your kids regularly skip breakfast in the interest of saving time, calories, or getting a few more minutes of sleep, remember that eating a wholesome, nutritious morning meal will probably save you time in the long run. By recharging the brain and body, you’ll be more efficient in just about everything you do. Interestingly, studies show that kids who skip breakfast are tardy and absent from school more often than children who eat breakfast on a regular basis. Preparing a good breakfast can be as quick and easy as splashing some milk over cereal. Time invested in breakfast is much more valuable than the few extra minutes of sleep you might get by bypassing the morning meal. If you and your kids seem unable to make time for breakfast, consider enrolling your children in a school breakfast program, if possible, or pack a breakfast brown-bag or smoothie the night before that can be eaten on the way to school and work.”

(information obtained from http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/most-important-meal)

Breakfast today consists of fresh bananas, yogurt, and whole grain granola with milk for your little one!  Eat up:)!