It is said that the first meal of the day, the breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

I think they are correct, but how many of us go without breakfast? We seem to put the priority of meals on their head, by putting the importance of the best meal as the evening meal.

During a normal night in our sleep, the body shuts down, and the plasticity of the brain, the learning of the brain takes place. The body does not need much fuel, (for the food intake, what we eat is fuel for our body), to operate during sleep. When we wake-up, we need the fuel to kick start our day, to run our body.

What do we do? We have no fuel intake, no breakfast, no boosters to get us going, perhaps just a coffee to give us that high of caffeine, thinking thatn s good. Then at lunch time we may have a sandwich, a light snack, to see us through the afternoon. In the evening we perhaps go out to meet with friends over a meal, perhaps not meeting until 8pm, and sit down to a three or four course meal, a soup or starter, a main meal, and then a dessert, all sold to us by an eager waiter, trying to get our bill (invoice) as high as possible, as the restaurant is there to make money.

The undigested food sits in our stomach waiting to be broken down into the chemicals needed to power our body and brain, which it does whilst we sleep, the very time the chemicals and nutrients are not needed. So we store them in the body, leading to high cholesterol, fats, heart disease, diabetes and indigestion.

Perhaps this could be the answer to the worlds' weight problem, with obese populations ever growing, and new restaurants and fast food outlets opening on every corner of every town and city. Let's go for bigger breakfasts and smaller dinners.

I am trying to loose weight, especially after my experiences at the end of last year, and I am finding it hard. My lifestyle, staying in hotels, eating out, not knowing whatt goes into the food I eat, and lack of proper exercise do not help me, but I am sure changing my eating habits will help me.

Just my thoughts. Please let me know your ideas by posting a comment.