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You have heard it a thousand times - "Don't forget to eat your breakfast!" My parents wouldn't let me leave the house in the morning when I was growing up without a bowl of GrapeNuts cereal, eggs, or some other breakfast food. I think we all have read or been told by someone that breakfast is the most IMPORTANT meal of the day. And they're right, I promise! But why?

The vast majority of people in the U.S. still rate dinner as their largest meal of the day. Since this is true, let's break down the day and think about when your body needs the most energy to be productive? Obvious answer: during daylight hours. If you eat your largest meal at night, lie around, and then go to bed, calories will sit in your stomach and will not be used as your body intended them to be. Imagine having a full dinner, and now that food is just relaxing there inside you, with it's feet up watching a show, and in no hurry to go anywhere. Why? Because it's bedtime, and you're digesting your food VERY slowly, causing those calories to transform into fat cells around your midsection, your hips, under your chin...everywhere! Aghhh!