By Huang Daohen (Beijing Today)
Updated: 2008-02-05 10:03

Breakfast bypass

Never skip breakfast. Breakfast is too easy and beneficial a meal to pass up in the morning.

Remember, when you wake up in the morning, it has been around 10-12 hours since your last meal. Your body needs food now, more than at any other time. Eat a heavy breakfast, then when you are busy throughout the day, the calories will be spent quickly.

If you are trying to diet and think skipping breakfast is a good way to cut calories and lose weight, you will actually end up eating more throughout the day to compensate for your hunger and may gain even more weight.

Studies have also shown that eating breakfast increases your ability to perform better mentally.

Pillow talk

No matter how comfortable sleeping with ten cushions is, have pity on your neck and resist. Sleep with one pillow, and make sure it is not too thick.

If your pillow gets lumpy, discard it and get a new one. Use a thin pillow if you sleep on your stomach and something a little thicker if you sleep on your back, to give your neck adequate support.

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