But what is a healthy breakfast. For the last sixty years or so, nutritional guidelines issued by various governments have evolved from the proverbial apple-a-day to the food wheel and have now arrived at various versions of the Food Pyramid.

The face of the pyramid is now made up of colored wedges running down from the tip to the base. The width of the wedge at the base of the pyramid now shows how much of that food group should make up your. The most recent version of the food pyramid changed the presentation of the way food groups should be present in your diet. How do we decide what to have and why. Each colour represents a food group. Food pyramids organize food groups graphically. Traditionally, the higher up the food group in the pyramid the lower the share of that group should be in your daily calorie consumption. This is the first in a series of 3 articles that help understand what your body needs to get off to a great start of your day.

The Food Pyramid - Healthy Breakfast - What Our Body Needs (1) Starting your day with a healthy breakfast is easy to say.