Breakfast: The key to success

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but many students of our generation disregard the importance of this meal. In the past years, as a student of Saint Louis University-Laboratory High School, I’ve learned that many of our schoolmates believe that breakfast is not necessary. They say, it can only make them fat so skipping this important meal is their way of dieting. Others don’t even bother to prepare nor eat breakfast because they wake up late in the morning and they are afraid to be late in school. Unfortunately, for some they skip this meal because of financial problems. And lastly, the worst and the most annoying reason I’ve heard from our schoolmates is that they are lazy or just don’t feel like eating! Before anything else I would like to ask you a question. Do you eat breakfast before going to school? Why or why not? If you ask me, yes I do eat a heavy meal before classes. And you should too, for many reasons.
What do you understand about dieting? In my readings, dieting means eating balanced amounts of nutritious foods and avoiding unhealthy or junk foods. Surely it’s not skipping meals. Skipping a meal is fasting not dieting. We diet to become healthy but for other students dieting is just about having a good appearance… Not eating breakfast can cause many health diseases. It can give you gastritis which is the inflammation of the lining of the stomach according to mayoclinic.com. Because of this you would feel pain. And this is just the tip of the iceberg since you may even end up in the hospital which makes you miss your classes, seatworks, quizzes and exams. Of course, you will miss your friends, your crush, and Sir Jarata. If this is left untreated, it can lead to complications like internal haemorrhage, then cardiac arrest if with severe bleeding.
“Time is gold” they say but that is not an excuse not to have the most important meal of the day. Did you know that moving with an empty stomach can lead to loss of