Don’t we all agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and what happens when you start the day with junk food – it?s bound to have a negative effect on your health. And particularly, if you are trying to lose weight, it sets you up for failure. A majority of people make unhealthy breakfast choices for a number of reasons ? some are always short of time in the mornings, in such a scenario, applying jam on bread slices makes up for a convenient option. Others would rather grab-and-go a cookie or muffin because they are running late for work and need a sugar rush to kickstart the day. But the problem with having sugary stuff for breakfast would spike up blood sugar which would trigger a sharp insulin release, and the subsequent slump would make you hungry in a short period of time; not to mention, excess sugar slows down metabolism, adds a lot of empty calories that can be difficult to burn off, particularly with the kind of sedentary lifestyle a majority of us are leading. Regular consumption of breakfast that’s essentially refined carbs and sugar would lead to chronic inflammation that would in turn increase the risk of serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease; obesity of course is the most obvious outcome. But how can you gauge which breakfast is weight loss friendly, when there’s a lot of hype surrounding “healthy” and “diet friendly” packaged foods which are no better than sugar bombs bec...