Is an Unhealthy Breakfast Better Than No Breakfast at All?

Yes—not that you have free reign to order a Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny’s, but there’s a whole lot of gray area between a fruit laden bowl of oatmeal and several pounds of grease and meat, and most of it is preferable to starting the day on an empty stomach.

Even foods with no redeeming nutritional value, like doughnuts, curb your appetite for a little while.

Enjoying a healthy breakfast in the morning will also keep your blood sugar levels even, which will help you stay more alert and in a better mood.

Skipping breakfast altogether may make you hungrier and lead you to overeat, so try to eat something. Just don’t use it as an excuse to overeat.