Breakfast has been touted as the most important meal of the day and for good reason, because it is the most important meal. But most people do not know why.

To make matters worse, many people simply skip breakfast and have a bunch of caffeine instead.

So here is why you have to have breakfast to get in shape:

1. To stabilize mood and brain function: Skipping breakfast puts you at a higher risk for developing depression. It also decreases mental performance. And keep in mind that a poor mood will make getting in shape seem like pushing a boulder up a hill.

2. To get a leaner body: Multiple research studies have shown that skipping breakfast increases body mass index. Now there are a lot of explanations for this, but the most likely is that skipping breakfast slows down your metabolism.

3. To protect your muscle mass: Right before you wake up levels of cortisol are peaking. And cortisol breaks down muscle tissue. The good news here is that you can bring cortisol levels back down by having breakfast soon after waking.

4. To optimize blood lipid levels: Blood lipids have a strong impact on how healthy your circulatory system is. And skipping breakfast has been shown by solid peer reviewed research to worsen blood lipid profiles. So if you have a history of heart disease you cannot skip breakfast.

5. To get more nutrients into your active tissues: If more nutrients are going to your active tissues, less nutrients are going to your fat cells. Unfortunately, skipping breakfast increases the amount of nutrients going to your fat cells.

6. To make your heart healthier: Having breakfast most likely reduces inflammation in your body. This in turn can make your heart healthier in addition to all of the aforementioned factors. In essence, having breakfast could be seen as a matter of life and death.

Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day. So make sure you have a robust breakfast every single day!

Writer Katherine Crawford, a fitness physiologist and recent arm fat sufferer, teaches how to tone your arms. Unearth how to get sexy and toned arms by visiting her website with advice on how to get rid of arm fat now!

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