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Will it matter if I skip breakfast？
If you have to miss meal a day，which meal will cause you fewer health problem if you don’t eat it？If they have to make a decision of this type, quite a few people will choose to skip breakfast.
However, many experts in the field of health consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day. They say if we eat a good breakfast, we’ll have the energy and nutrients（营养） we need to begin our working day with vigor（活力）and hopefully with good humor. Nevertheless, many people skip breakfast or substitute（代替）something like a cup of coffee for a well-balanced meal. What happens if we ignore（忽视） the importance of breakfast？
One recent study conducted in the U.S. tested a large number of people. Participant（参与者） included both women and men of 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given a variety of breakfasts, and sometimes, they had to skip breakfast completely. Special tests, including blood tests and endurance（忍受） tests, were set up to analyze how well the participants’ bodies functioned（起作用） when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast.
The results shows that if a person eats enough breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves（包含） mental activity. The study shows that if school children eat fruit，eggs, bread, and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is not enough.
The study also shows that, contrary to（与……相反） what people believe，if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you are on a diet（节食），skipping breakfast will not help you. You’ll probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.
The origin of cheese
No one knows who made the first cheese, but an old legend（传说）says that it was an Arabian merchant. He put his milk in a pouch made from a sheep’s stomach and set off across the desert. The jouncing（震动） of his camel, the desert heat, and the chemicals in the pouch lining made the milk separate into curds（凝乳）and whey（乳清）. The thick part, or curd was the first cheese.
Ancient records show that cheese has been eaten for more than one thousand years. From earliest time it has been considered a very nourishing food. Americans eat less cheese than people in some countries do; yet they still consume（消耗）eight to ten pounds a year per person.
Today cheese is made all over the world. Most cheese is made from cow’s milk, because the supply of this milk is greater throughout the world. Smaller quantities come from the milk of other animals—goats, sheep, camels, and even reindeer（驯鹿）.
If you have to miss meal a day，which meal will cause you fewer health problem if you don’t eat it？If they have to make a decision of this type, quite a few people will choose to skip breakfast.
However, many experts in the field of health consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day. They say if we eat a good breakfast, we’ll have the energy and nutrients（营养） we need to begin our working day with vigor（活力）and hopefully with good humor. Nevertheless, many people skip breakfast or substitute（代替）something like a cup of coffee for a well-balanced meal. What happens if we ignore（忽视） the importance of breakfast？
One recent study conducted in the U.S. tested a large number of people. Participant（参与者） included both women and men of 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given a variety of breakfasts, and sometimes, they had to skip breakfast completely. Special tests, including blood tests and endurance（忍受） tests, were set up to analyze how well the participants’ bodies functioned（起作用） when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast.
The results shows that if a person eats enough breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves（包含） mental activity. The study shows that if school children eat fruit，eggs, bread, and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is not enough.
The study also shows that, contrary to（与……相反） what people believe，if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you are on a diet（节食），skipping breakfast will not help you. You’ll probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.
The origin of cheese
No one knows who made the first cheese, but an old legend（传说）says that it was an Arabian merchant. He put his milk in a pouch made from a sheep’s stomach and set off across the desert. The jouncing（震动） of his camel, the desert heat, and the chemicals in the pouch lining made the milk separate into curds（凝乳）and whey（乳清）. The thick part, or curd was the first cheese.
Ancient records show that cheese has been eaten for more than one thousand years. From earliest time it has been considered a very nourishing food. Americans eat less cheese than people in some countries do; yet they still consume（消耗）eight to ten pounds a year per person.
Today cheese is made all over the world. Most cheese is made from cow’s milk, because the supply of this milk is greater throughout the world. Smaller quantities come from the milk of other animals—goats, sheep, camels, and even reindeer（驯鹿）.