Breakfast

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day, or just a myth?

Doctors and nutritionists bust the breakfast myth, explain links with diabetes, intermittent fasting, metabolism and why what you eat matters more than when

Skipping breakfast? It could harm your mood, metabolism and wellbeing

Recent research links late-morning meals with higher risks of depression, fatigue, and accelerated biological ageing among older adults

From poha to yoghurt bowl: Doctor-approved picks for gut-healthy breakfasts

A gastroenterologist lists 8 simple, tasty, and gut-friendly meals that boost energy, focus, and digestion

Suresh Narayanan's journey: From Maggi crisis to Nestle India's growth

Breakfast with BS: Suresh Narayanan, Chairman & MD, Nestle India says Legacy brands can't rely on their past anymore. The challenge now is to stay relevant, be as nimble as startups, regional players

Beyond the Street: Shankar Sharma on return on equity in life, markets

'For 40 years, India valued only technical skills. IITs, coding - that became everything. Soft skills were sidelined. But those are the skills that will keep you employable now, not technical skills'

Breakfast helps women get healthier hair during menopause, experts say

During menopause, maintaining a protein-rich diet is essential for hair health. Experts advise including lean meats, fish, and beans in diet to help supply keratin, the key protein

World Nutella Day 2024: History, celebration, and 3 mouthwatering recipes

World Nutella Day is a fun and flavourful day for Nutella lovers all over the planet to meet up and celebrate their affection for this sweet and velvety hazelnut spread

Indira Gandhi and the case of overly ripped Goan papaya breakfast

The papayas from Mumbai were too squishy, the chef raced through the streets of Goa in a police jeep to look for fruit ripened just right only to have security personnel puncture many a hole through them a new book recalls in detail the struggle to procure and plate perfect papayas for Indira Gandhi during a CHOGM meeting in 1983. The then prime minister's demand for the humble papaya for breakfast during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting retreat sent the entire Taj Hotel into a tizzy, chef Satish Arora recounts in his book "Sweets and Bitters: Tales from a Chef's Life". It was a "uniquely Indian, very local" battle that he and his team at Taj Goa were fighting, Arora writes. It was November 1983 and the late Gandhi was hosting high-profile leaders from more than 40 countries for a 48-hour retreat that was aiming to put Goa on the world tourism map. There was a flurry of activity -- roads were widened, jetties and bridges built, street lights revamped and the airport .

World Sandwich Day 2023: History, importance, and celebration with friends

We all love the luscious bite of bread stuffed with satisfying flavours and ingredients, called the 'sandwiches.' World Sandwich Day is observed every year across the globe on November 3

Food Pharmer takes on big bread brands, says brown, multigrain unhealthy

Revant Himatsingka, known as Food Pharmer, has also attacked Bournvita for having high sugar content in the past, prompting a legal notice from Cadbury

Food-delivery firm Swiggy shuts cloud kitchen brand in Delhi, NCR

Expansion of The Bowl Company in these places was an experiment, says company

Quaker Oats enters fast-growing ready-to-eat cereals with Muesli oats

The subcategory of Muesli has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments in the market with 16-18%CAGR. Muesli constitutes around 15% of the BFC category

Skipping breakfast might increase psychosocial issues in children: Study

Consumption of certain foods/drinks is associated with higher (eg, processed meat) or lower (eg, dairies, cereals) odds of psychosocial behavioral problems."

Breakfast brand Soulfull says will use Tata's distribution chain for reach

Tata group acquired Kottaram Agro Foods Ltd, the owner of Soulfull brand, for an enterprise value of around Rs 155 crore

People eating big breakfast may burn twice as many calories: Study

Eating a big breakfast rather than a large dinner may prevent obesity and high blood sugar, according to study which may lead to better clinical dietary recommendations to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases. The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, assessed 16 men who consumed a low-calorie breakfast and high-calorie dinner -- and vice versa in a second round -- over the course of three days. "Our results show that a meal eaten for breakfast, regardless of the amount of calories it contains, creates twice as high diet-induced thermogenesis as the same meal consumed for dinner," said the study's corresponding author, Juliane Richter from the University of Lubeck in Germany. "This finding is significant for all people as it underlines the value of eating enough at breakfast," Richter said. According to the researchers, the human body expends energy when it digests food for the absorption, digestion, transport, and storage of ...

An ode to marmalade

'Waging battle over a jar of marmalade seemed petty beyond belief so I simply lost my craving for the preserve,' the author writes

Thanks, but no thanks

Tomorrow is another breakfast day

Skip breakfast before exercise to get better results, shows study

When we eat a meal, our bodies rely on the carbohydrates in those foods as a primary source of energy