Our mothers were not wrong. The first meal of the day is essential for our body. Skipping it can have consequences for both our mood and health. For example, children who eat breakfast daily have lower levels of lead in their blood (15% less) than those who skip this meal, stated a study published in the Environmental Health Journal .
Similarly, recently a study from the University of Missouri (USA) confirmed that eating foods with a high protein content, such as eggs or yogurt, helped control appetite . The key is precisely in increasing the feeling of satiety that this type of food gives us.
And it is that proteins are essential in the diet, not only at breakfast. They are made up of amino acids, which function as a kind of “building block” that our body uses to produce new proteins and other basic molecules to survive. Thus, its main function is not to provide energy to our body, but structural.
The recommended daily protein intake is around 0.8 g per kilo of weight per day in adults . In children it increases to 1.2 grams per kilo of weight every 14 hours. These amounts can be even higher if you do a lot of sports or are pregnant.
There are many ways to increase the amount of protein at breakfast: from eating a handful of almonds, muesli or a piece of cheese and a hard-boiled egg to consuming new products with a higher amount of protein. Brands know the importance of these compounds for food, hence they have launched new products that naturally and unconsciously increase the amount of protein intake. This is the case of Skimmed Paschal Milk 0% PRO, with 50% more proteins compared to its classic version, that is to say 4.8 g per 100 ml compared to 3.1 of the normal skimmed version.
Be that as it may, it seems that the scientific studies are clear: we should never skip breakfast and if we eat some protein, all the better.
