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Diet talk is everywhere; on the web, social media networks, television, in the press… There's an abundance of communication on the matter, offering a plethora of ways to guarantee a healthy and varied diet.

Advertising on the subject is and remains widespread. At the heart of this media buzz, breakfast is believed the meal of the day that supports a good health and a balanced life. But how, when seeking advice, can you distinguish between what's true or false? Is breakfast really the key to a dream figure?

To have a real influence on your body and the course of your day, breakfast must be copious; this is advocated by numerous advisors and specialists in all kinds of diets. It's also said that the morning meal has encouraging benefits when looking to lose weight. With much more energy stored when waking up and a whole day to burn the first calories accumulated, a calculation can quickly be done. It's better to feel free to eat well during this meal so as not to have to compensate for an energy void later.

If, apparently, the thinnest people are those who don't skip breakfast, it has never been proven that eating in the morning (when waking up) is a guarantee of weight loss. Take people who are overweight and who therefore move less. Unlike lovers of rich breakfasts who eat smaller quantities during the rest of the day and have a more active lifestyle thanks to their physical condition, part of the overweight population will not be able to evacuate calories in the same way. "They continue to eat as copiously during the day, and the calories from breakfast simply add to the rest," indicates Le Vif in its Bodytalk magazine. Consequence: the risk of additional weight gain increases.

Finally, it is important to remember that these assumptions, specific to a special diet menu, are often erroneous or biased. Everyone eats differently and has a very different, if not opposite, relationship with food. Your body doesn't work the same way as your neighbor's. If breakfast integrates habits and a healthy lifestyle, this certainly doesn't mean that it will be the miracle cure for keeping in shape. The main thing lies in your ability to take a step back from all this nutritional advice, and to try to evaluate what can and should be changed.

Of course, it's important, to choose quality foods and not processed foods, simple and if possible varied. Changing your outlook on food and keeping an open mind, these are the guides to gaining a nutritional balance and by extension your physical health.

(MH with AsD - Source: Le Vif Bodytalk - Illustration: Pixabay - Pexels)