7 Reasons to start your day with a healthy breakfast:

Try this delicious Banana Cream Flavoured Shake with peanut butter, nutmeg, cocoa powder and semi-skimmed milk.

Protect your health with essential nutrients

Breakfast should provide between 15% - 25% of the total daily energy intake and remember - it’s not just about having any breakfast – it’s about having a healthy breakfast.

Take control of your weight:

Skipping or eating a breakfast that lacks nutrients can make you more likely to reach for unhealthy, high-kilojoule foods later on*. In fact, research shows that individuals who consume a good ("quality"or "breakfast") tend to have a healthier daily food pattern than those who don’t.

 Muscle maintenance

Protein is essential for developing and maintaining muscle, and our body relies on the protein in our diet to help us do this. As your body can only use so much protein at one time, it's important to space out your protein intake throughout the day.

Healthy skin

Beautiful skin starts with nourishment from within. Drinking water and enjoying a healthy breakfast are two healthy habits which will help you obtain the needed nutrients for every organ and system in your body, and the skin is no exception.

 Boost your metabolism

Eating a healthy morning meal and smaller portions, more often, throughout the day will help to balance your energy and enable your body to more efficiently use the kilojoules available. Simply relying on two large, heavy meals per day puts too much pressure on your body. It will make it easier to control your kilojoule intake if you have 3 main "meals" and 2 "snacks."

 Power your brain

Improved mental performance, concentration and mood** – three more reasons to enjoy a morning meal! Without breakfast, you may struggle to focus and are more likely to be irritable and tired. And don't forget to re-hydrate after a night's sleep too. Staying hydrated will also help you to concentrate throughout the day.

1. It’s easy to hibernate indoors during the winter months, but getting outside every day is important for good health as your body needs sunlight to create vitamin D – essential for healthy teeth and bones.
2. Even when the sun isn’t shining your body can still produce this from sunlight on your skin; getting out for a short walk everyday will keep your vitamin D levels topped up.

• Winter weather combined with central heating can leave your skin feeling seriously lacklustre; 
• don’t neglect your skin just because it’s easy to hide away under your winter woollies. 
• Tackle dry flaky skin by first exfoliating away the dead skin cells and then applying a rich moisturiser.  
• Although it might seem strange to be thinking about sun damage when it’s so cold outside, 
• UV rays can still penetrate the skin on cloudy days so use a moisturiser with a built-in SPF to protect your skin and keep wrinkles at bay.