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Tuesday 25 sepTember 2018

Happy Better Breakfast Day

ARUBA ― Breakfast truly is the most important
meal of the day. It provides your body with the
energy that keeps it going throughout the day,
and that initial burst of energy that gets you up
and out the door. Better Breakfast Day reminds
us that if breakfast is good, a solidly balanced,
healthy breakfast is just plain better.

History of Better Breakfast Day
Breakfast has always been an essential part
of our diet, and has been seen as important
throughout history. Recently in an attempt to
make breakfast easy in a fast paced world,
we’ve taken steps to reduce the time needed
to prepare it. Unfortunately, this has also led to a
marked decline in the quality of our breakfasts,
with most choices reduced to high amounts of
grain based carbohydrates drenched in sugar.

Better Breakfast Day was established to remind
us that just because any breakfast is better than
no breakfast, that doesn’t mean we should
skimp on what we put in our bodies at the start
of the day. Rich eggs, solid protein from meat,
and a reasonable portion of grains (bread or
oatmeal) will help us keep motivated. Recent
research has shown that not having breakfast
before school can lead to problems learning
and focusing throughout the day. This just goes
to show that it’s even more important to make
sure that our kids leave the house with a solid
healthy breakfast under their belt.

How to Celebrate Better Breakfast Day
Start your celebration of Better Breakfast Day
by judging your breakfast quality. Do you sim-
ply have a piece of toast with butter? A bowl
of breakfast cereal? Or the tasty but incredibly
bad for you Pop-Tart? It might be time to start
changing up what you have for breakfast!

Try to ensure that you get some healthy fruit
in with your breakfast, alongside a nice piece
of toast and some slices of bacon or pieces of
sausage. Giving your body a balanced start to
the day is essential, and Better Breakfast Day is
your chance to start making healthy breakfast
a habit. q

Becoming a Person of Integrity

ORANJESTAD — Mr. Nelson Foendoe, teacher,
writer and public speaker, will be presenting
his new book “Becoming a Person of Integri-
ty” at the National Library of Aruba upcoming
Wednesday September 26th 2018.

His book titled “Becoming a Person of Integ-
rity” reflects deeply on the theme of integrity.
Not only implying integrity when someone is
watching is important but to continue with in-
tegrity when no one is watching is the key. Dif-
ferent topics related to integrity get their atten-
tion in this book such as corruption (its cause
and how to prevent it), importance of money,
hunger for power and fame, our conscious
and many more topics. The topic “moral” is
widely explained in his book and at the end
practical suggestions regarding this are given.
The presentation starts at 7PM and is open for
the public.q