Do you skip breakfast -- regularly or occasionally
By ravisivan
@ravisivan (14079)
India
October 30, 2012 4:35pm CST
I read an interesting article in Times of India just now.
It says that having a heavy breakfast is good for health and it presents hunger throughout the day. But many youngsters skip breakfast nowadays.
for example my grand son 3- year old only gets up at 7.15 am or so and has to rush to school by 8.15 am - in the process doesn't take break fast properly. May be you experience this with your children and grand children.
I do not--repeat do not skip break fast at any rate -- and it helps me a lot in taking classes in colleges (while staying in chennai). Many college students have told me that they skip breakfast - reason - want of time.
It is not right to skip break-fast. What is the strategy/method you adopt in regard to breakfast. This is very important because the previous intake of food would have been at least 8/12 hours ago.
pl share your views/experience/suggestion.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
31 Oct 12
I never skip , the reason is i like all kinds of south India tiffins. May sound funny but, yes , i like idli ,dosa ,oothapam which is normally prepared in all South Indian houses, as breakfast. I never get bored of eating these at any time. So naturally i wont skip .
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Oct 12
help help; idly and dosa? are food I know but which foods?'we here in Gold G rCrest have too runny Oatmeal that I eat anyway as I need the fiber.also p ancakes and an egg or bacon or little sausages. You have an Indian bread
that I have ate and really liked but do not remember its name now. 
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
prashu
thanks. your option of having oats with idli, dosa seems to be interesting. I have to try. Happy you enjoy breakfast and that is why your health will be good. mood will be good. you are a happy girl. keep it up.
i wish you get full time employment soon and be more happy.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
31 Oct 12
I do take oats sometimes, only when mixed with idly and dosa ,but not in milk.
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@manoj04 (3)
• India
31 Oct 12
Having breakfast in morning is good for health according to all health experts.So,Why not we prefer to have early morning breakfast.This morning breakfast keeps us health and energetic for all over the day activities.I always tried to have good and healthy breakfast in morning.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Oct 12
hi manoj04 yes welcome to mylot hope you at your breakfast I have no idea whtat dtime it is there in India but here in southern California its 8:48 a.m . I had my breakfast at 7 a.m.You probably had yours hours ago. anyway hope you love m ulot as well as I do.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
Manoj:
You are from India. I posted this keeping mainly boys and girls of your age. You people rush to office ignoring breakfast causing problems to health--acidity, lack of energy, gallstones, heart problems etc.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
manoj
I forgot to welcome you to mylot fold. enjoy mylotting and earn more.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
lumenmom
not met you earlier here. good to see you. happy to know that you have decided not to skip breakfast.if breakfast is not taken properly it may cause further health problems which we should avoid.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
mandylee
You are from China. You shoulder more responsibilities as an Indian woman. Women have to take care of office and also household. Even if any member of house is not well you have to take a lot of trouble. For all this women need more energy, enthisasm. That you will get from good food. yes. good breakfast. What is the breakfast chinese people take. I am curious to know.
We in South India will take idly,vada, dosai, upma, pongal etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idly
best wishes
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@md_som (29)
• India
31 Oct 12
well i guess everyone knows that breakfast is quite imp for their health
even scientist says that morning food is brain food..it will help you to make sucrose which will make your mind work faster than other period of day
well being a student ..i miss breakfast many times...i guess just becoz of this fast life people skip breakfast..well i many times try to get ready fast so that i could have breakfast on time..which is indirectly good for my health.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
2 Nov 12
md som
I have ommitted to notice this response yesterday, yes, morning food -breakfast is brain food. you are a student. then you should not miss taking breakfast on time. if you do not take breakfast you will eat junk food in the school.
@caligularomio (12)
• Greece
31 Oct 12
Dear ravisivan....i work in a school too as a teacher and i have the same behavour as your grand son. So its common for teachers and students too :)
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
caligularomio
welcome to mylot. You are from Greece the country which was ruled by the Great Alexander. You should also be strong like him. eat well. eat breakfast. take balanced diet.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
31 Oct 12
I must confess that despite knowing how important breakfast is I often go to work without bothering to eat anything beforehand. I suppose the main reason for this is simple laziness because I get up in the morning about 1 hour before I go to work. This gives me plenty of time to have a wash, get dressed and have a cup of coffee.
In order to make a decent breakfast I would need to get out of bed about30 minutes earlier, so I prefer not to bother.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
The best suggestion will be you get up 20 minutes earlier and prepare breakfast with things accumulated the previous night,. enjoy breakfast go and work well. instead you will feel you are doing a sacrifice and are overloaded etc.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
31 Oct 12
Hello ravisivan. I always eat breakfast but sometimes it's a while after I get up. I have a variety of things I have for breakfast. Sometimes I have a couple of slices of bacon with fried potatoes and an egg. Sometimes I have a couple of slices of toast with dither a mashed up avocado or a mashed banana with peanut butter mixed in. I try to have an apple every day too. I have these with a cup of coffee. I have to east something for breakfast because I take a lot of pills and they call for taking food with them or them with food.
For those people that don't think they have time for breakfast there are a lot of ways recipes for make and take breakfasts. Also you don't have to stick to the usual so called breakfast foods. You can have anything you want for breakfast.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
while staying in chennai we take two idlis with one vadai. otherwise pongal.(made of rice).
While staying in usa/canada - i take oats with milk. Yes, I do take coffee immediately after brushing teeth.
We take lunch around 1 pm,. dinner is light food.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
Nowadays I take lunch around 12.30 to 1.00 pm and dinner by 730 pm. you are right. dinner has to be light and taken two/three hours before going to bed. thanks.
@lologirl2021 (5542)
• United States
31 Oct 12
There are days that i dont eat breakfast at home and its because i feel i dont have enough time or maybe just not feeling good. THe days i dont have time i just dont wake up in time to have breakfast so i do bring a muffin or poptarts or even cookies to work and i do eat at my desk while do paperwork so i do eat and i know i have to eat because when i dont my stomach will start making noise or at least it will start hurting and i will get dizzy so i have to eat and really its important to eat.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
you are at least taking muffin or poptarts, that is ok. that will substitute the breakfast. take care of health by taking suitable food.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
31 Oct 12
I always skip my breakfast I know this is bad habit but no breakfast is make in our home direct lunch till 2 O'clock. But yes I drink tea in morning time and small glass milk.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
surekha:
Not good surekha. I will tell your mother in law that you are not taking breakfast. You can take two slices of bread with tea apart from morning tea/milk.
I think I have told you already health is wealth. In case we are interested in serving our family well our health has to be taken care of.
pl read this
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Never-skip-your-breakfast/articleshow/11566363.cms
http://www.thokalath.com/cuisine/breakfast.php
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
31 Oct 12
I agree completely with you, I have experienced it by myself. I also skipped the break fast many time when I was a student but then I also read and heard it from many healthy people that it is important to eat heavy break fast because you need a lot of energy in the day time.
There is a saying which tell me the same thing, it goes like "Break fast like a king, lunch like a land-lord and dinner like a beggar". I see my health improved after I started to never skip the break fast. A number of people are still confused about this fact.
They do the reverse thing but if they read this discussion I am sure they will learn a very good thing.
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
31 Oct 12
It will be much colder in Canada these days. Okay Sir, So what is that you teach in the college?
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
sanjay
I am now in Canada. I will be returning to chennai next week.
I like this one:
""Break fast like a king, lunch like a land-lord and dinner like a beggar". You have written it well. we should take good breakfast . but dinner should be lighter and it should be well before going to bed.
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
31 Oct 12
Hi ravisivan,
You are right! it is really good to eat our heavy breakfast for we will be ready for the whole day work load and activities. It gives energy to us. Unfortunately, I also skip my breakfast due to lack of time in the morning for I consumed a lot of time in sleeping. I must have self discipline in sleeping hours so that I will take my breakfast?
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@abdosky90 (21)
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31 Oct 12
For me I wake up early and veeeeeery early. As I have to go to school at 8 a.m I wake up at 5 a.m, I pray, read some quran, then I prepare my breakfast (Tea + bread + olive oil ) and I wear my uniform and go to classroom. But at 10 a.m I go to the cafeteria and take a cake and tea. I think it is healthy and keep me focused with my teachers explanations.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
Fine. your taking bread and tea initially and then cake and tea is good. that will keep you healthy.
Above all let me appreciate you for keeping up the tradition of reading quran regularly. God bless you. yes. it will help you in the long run.
incidentally welcome to mylot. You live in which country?
@abdosky90 (21)
•
31 Oct 12
Thanks for your hospitality!
I am from Morocco.
Please note that I insist in eating OLIVE OIL. It's very important for healthcare.
@mariabell (3)
•
31 Oct 12
I also often skip breakfast, because I oversleep and after feeding my cats and stray cats I barely have enough time to get dressed and catch a bus. But when I do manage to eat breakfast, I really feel stronger and less tired later.
Good meal can actually be better at keeping you awake than coffee! :) Staying awake is my main priority, since I study a lot.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
31 Oct 12
Good thing that we haven't skipped our breakfast. Upon waking up, our son's nanny has already prepared the breakfast we instructed her to prepare. I believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
31 Oct 12
Normally, here in the Philippines as one of rice-eating countries, we took steamed rice and some viand like fried eggs, hotdogs, fried fish, etc.
There are also some citizens that took bread and coffee for their breakfast.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
asdomencil
welcome. you are from philipines. What is the nature of breakfast food you take in philipines.
In South India we take idly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idly
The importance of taking breakfast and the problems arising outn of missing breakfast are given here:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Never-skip-your-breakfast/articleshow/11566363.cms
@akp100 (13640)
• India
31 Oct 12
Hello
Even I have heard this thing from many people that it is not good to skip break fast. But still I am not taking it regularly. In fact I used to take snack at morning rarely. I have this habit from starting, so I guess it is hard to change. Even I think about adopting this habit of taking breakfast , I break it my self after few days.
Even I have heard this thing from many people that it is not good to skip break fast. But still I am not taking it regularly. In fact I used to take snack at morning rarely. I have this habit from starting, so I guess it is hard to change. Even I think about adopting this habit of taking breakfast , I break it my self after few days.@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
akp:
You are also from India. In India we have a lot of variety of breakfast items. Which part of India are you living? If it is south india you have idly, dosai, pongal upma etc. otherwise bread. please do not skip breakfast. The bad efects of skpping breakfast please read here
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Never-skip-your-breakfast/articleshow/11566363.cms
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
31 Oct 12
I honestly do not skip breakfast. Although I do not eat when I wake up. I need to be awake a few hours before I can eat. I mainly skip lunch. And then enjoy a nice dinner. They do say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
Breakfast in our case is not taken immediately after getting up from bed. I take a hot coffee and after two hours only I take oatmeals. happy to note you do not skip breakfast. However skipping lunch -- monitor that it is nor frequently done.
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31 Oct 12
In Heaven, one leaves little snacks throughout the house so that one is always snacking all day long.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1 Nov 12
I am not talking about being Christian. When I say 'Heaven,' I mean 'in a perfect world.'
In a perfect world, one would find a little snack anywhere one wished for it.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
I know you speak at a higher level. I am unable to follow. I am not a christian. Probably that is why I am not able to follow. you have some important message here.
@shaina228 (119)
• Japan
31 Oct 12
I have a junior high school kid and my husband also woke up very early everyday. Sometimes even I feel sleepy I cooked their breakfast. Because here in Japan mostly they eat a lot on breakfast and lunch, less on dinner.And I always ended up eating their left overs due to no time to finished their foods lol.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
shaina
Perhaps you are a housewife. You are good in giving breakfast to your kid and also husband. Do cook for your share. yes more of breakfast and lunch is advisable.
if you want indian breakfast items
http://www.thokalath.com/cuisine/breakfast.php
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 Oct 12
Shaina
You are from Japan. I forgot to welcome you to mylot fold. enjoy mylotting--share more practices, ideas about Japan for the benefit of others.
@jona777 (78)
• China
31 Oct 12
i am come from China,i like the traditional chinese medicine vital method.For breakfast,i suggst to eat before 9:00 am,it is the best time,because the stomach still work at that time.if after 9:00am,the stomach is rest,it is not rewarding to the body,and it also affect the absorption of nutrition.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
5 Nov 12
jona
You are from china -- a country where people more than 100 years. health will be good because they do a lot of physical work and eat well. good you know the correct principles of eating and are adopting it.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
5 Nov 12
jona
You are from china -- a country where people more than 100 years. health will be good because they do a lot of physical work and eat well. good you know the correct principles of eating and are adopting it.
