{"id":335,"date":"2017-08-06T15:09:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T19:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2017-09-15T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:59:08","slug":"things-you-didnt-know-about-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/things-you-didnt-know-about-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"8\" border=\"0\" width=\"700\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/salge\/files\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-05-at-4.44.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-09-05 at 4.44.57 PM\" class=\" wp-image-988 aligncenter\" height=\"213\" width=\"264\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\">Eating breakfast can make you <strong><span class=\"style18\">smarter<\/span><\/strong>,<strong> <span class=\"style18\">slimmer<\/span> <\/strong>, and <span class=\"style18\"><strong>sweeter<\/strong><\/span>. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Breakfast May Make You <strong><span class=\"style18\">Smarter<\/span>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research shows that eating breakfast may enhance your memory, improve your cognitive ability, and help increase your attention span, to name a few mind-boggling advantages. <em>Rise and dine to fuel your brain with food it needs to ace your day. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Breakfast May Make You <strong><span class=\"style18\">Slimmer<\/span>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some research suggests that people who skip breakfast have a higher body mass index (BMI), which is a measure of your weight in relationship to your height and a higher tendency of being overweight. <em>With two thirds of Americans overweight, a morning meal may just be the best kept waist-trimming secret. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Breakfast May Make You <span class=\"style18\"><strong>Sweeter<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>Research suggests that eating breakfast, specifically carbohydrate-rich cereals, can improve your mood. Eating in the morning after a night&#8217;s slumber will provide glucose to your starved brain. Let&#8217;s face it: you are also likely to be happier and less grouchy when you aren&#8217;t distracted by hunger pangs. <em>Feed yourself in the morning so that you are in a better mood and sweeter to those around you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"style18\"><strong>What should you eat for breakfast? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A healthy breakfast that will fuel your morning should contain a combination of nutrient-rich carbohydrates such as whole grains, fruits and veggies, some lean dairy and a smidgen of fat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eating breakfast can make you smarter, slimmer , and sweeter. Here&#8217;s how: \u2022\u00a0 Breakfast May Make You Smarter: Research shows that eating breakfast may enhance your memory, improve your cognitive ability, and help increase your attention span, to name a few mind-boggling advantages. Rise and dine to fuel your brain with food it needs to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/things-you-didnt-know-about-breakfast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Breakfast<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6783,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}