“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” – is it all a big con?

It may be a daily bowl of delicious, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t question the benefits of breakfast.

Image of breakfast cereal

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Breakfast is a ritual, taken for granted with its associated health benefits religiously drummed into us since childhood. It may as well be the 11th Commandment: “Thou shalt eat breakfast daily and never skip it.”

The icon of breakfast is cereal, which as we know all too well, can be the antithesis of a healthy start to the day with some laden with disturbing amounts of sugar. (Chef and author Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tackles the issue in the documentary Hugh’s Fat Fight).

Cereal is such a staple that we may fail to ever question its worth. It was responsible for the PR spin that placed breakfast as the pinnacle of our nutritional day. But is the concept all one big con?

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS Guide here.


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By Jim Mitchell
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
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