Even when she’s rushed, Tara Taymore, 28, makes time for breakfast.
“I notice throughout the day that my energy levels are better sustained if I start out with a breakfast that includes protein. That’s important to me,” she said.
As tasting-room manager at Georgia Wines, she’s on her feet much of the day. On the rare day she misses breakfast, she said, she leaves a trail of guilt in her wake.
“When that happens – and I don’t let it happen very often – I will usually eat an unhealthy lunch and end up thinking I’m so hungry that I stuff my face,” she said.
That overeating, said Patrick Wortman, registered dietitian at the Center for Integrative Medicine, is the main problem with not eating breakfast.