The Morning Kitchan app for iPhone and iPad

Breakfast provides the body and brain with fuel after an overnight fast - thats where its name originates, breaking the fast! Without breakfast you are effectively running on empty, like trying to start the car with no petrol!
When you wake up, the blood sugar your body needs to make your muscles and brain work their best is usually low. Breakfast helps replenish it. Breakfast kick-starts your metabolism, helping you burn calories throughout the day. It has long term health benefits. Even Nutritionists advise us to have breakfast within two hours of waking