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When you skip breakfast, which many Americans do on a daily basis, you're sabotaging good steps you try to take toward being healthy.Why would anyone purposefully skip breakfast? The standard excuses run the gamut from not liking breakfast foods to trying to lose weight to the simple fact that life is too hectic and rushed in the morning and there's no time to eat.

Well get ready to throw those excuses to the curb as we give you healthy breakfast tips.

• Eat Breakfast, Lose Weight: If you're dieting you may think you're reducing your caloric intake by skipping breakfast, but not so fast -- most breakfast skippers actually end up snacking throughout the day.
• Superfoods: If you were offered a pill that would boost your mood, help you lose weight and lower your risk of serious diseases you probably wouldn't think twice before taking it. Unfortunately, that pill doesn't exist yet -- however, there are about a dozen "superfoods" that can do the job just as well.
• Protein: Experts suggest you aim for 5g of protein in every breakfast.

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