HOW IMPORTANT IS BREAKFAST FOR THE PHYSICAL ACTIVE INDIVIDUAL?

Breakfast may be especially important. A balance breakfast provides a significant amount of calories and other nutrients in the daily diet of the physically active person. A breakfast of skim milk, a poached egg, whole-grain toast, fortified high-fiber cereal, and orange juice will help provide a substantial part of the RDA for protein, calcium, iron fiber, vitamin C and other nutrient and is also relatively high in complex carbohydrates.
A balanced breakfast high in fiber with an average amount of protein also will help prevent the onset of mid morning hunger.
The fiber and protein may help maintain a feeling of a refined carbohydrates, like doughnut, may trigger an insulin response and produce hypolycemia (low sugar) in the middle of the morning.
The resultant hunger is typically satisfied by eating other refined carbohydrates which will satisfy the hunger urge only until about lunch time. A balanced breakfast having a high nutrient density is therefore preferable to a breakfast base on refined carbohydrates product.
Non traditional breakfast foods, such as pizza, may also provide balance meal breakfast.
Skipping breakfast would be comparable to a small fast, as the individual might not eat for 12 to 14 hours. This could result to symptoms of weakness and possible impairment of training. Indeed, schabort and other recently reported that when compared to no breakfast after an overnight fast, subjects who eat a breakfast containing 100grams of carbohydrate improved their cycling endurance time by 36 percent.
Moreover, for young athletes, Nickolas and others have noted that breakfast consumption is an important factor in their nutritional well - being, enhancing their academic performance, an important consideration for those aspiring to preferences should be taken into account, a balanced breakfast could provide a good source of some major nutrient to the individual who is involved in a physical conditioning program.
For those on a tight time schedule, a bowl of ready to eat, fortified high fiber.
Cereal with skim milk and fruit may be an ideal choice. Nancy Clark, a nationally accalaimed sports nutritionist, notes that this breakfast is not only quick,easy,and convenient but also rich in carbohydrates fiber, iron calcium, and vitamins and low in fat, cholesterol and calories.