They say “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper” – that is, if you want to jumpstart your day right and be on a healthy diet habit. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as you need it to recharge your body for a whole day’s toil. After sleeping for hours, your body needs to refuel within the two hours that you wake after an overnight fast, hence it is called “break fast.” Without brekkie in the morning, it’s like starting an engine without gasoline.
“Breakfast restores glucose levels needed for the brain to function. It has a significant effect on cognitive function during the day. Studies have shown that children who eat breakfast perform at a higher level in school and are more physically active than those who skip breakfast,” says Aida Mallilin, senior Science Research Specialist from the Nutrient Availability Section of the Nutrition Science and Technology Division, Food and Nutrition Research Institute under the Department of Science and Technology.
Aside from making breakfast a daily habit, it is also important that breakfast is a healthy one. A Filipino staple breakfast usually consists of rice, egg, and fried meat or fish which people know as “‘silog.” Though a good source of energy, fried food is not really healthy, which is why healthy eaters usually resort to oatmeal for morning meals. Oats are almost always synonymous to healthy diet and losing weight. Oats are very high in fiber and provide numerous benefits such as reducing high low-density lipoprotein or LDL, also known as “bad” cholesterol. Oats also help control blood sugar levels and are believed to be good against heart disease.
“Filipinos are generally rice eaters,” Mallilin explains. “Making them shift to oatmeal requires behavior change plus an intensive, sustained and prolonged advocacy program. Oatmeal’s affordability is also a concern. And if oatmeal is incorporated in another product like an energy bar, the benefits may not be the same since it now becomes just one of the ingredients compared to taking oatmeal as is.”
While there are so many available oat brands in the market, GV Michael Oatmeal of Australia is one of the brands that aims to promote the consumption of oats for a healthy breakfast. The brand entered the Philippine market armed with various oatmeal products that can be used in any oatmeal recipes so that Filipinos can easily adapt it in their regular breakfast diets.
Unlike traditional oatmeal, GV Michel’s Rolled Oats has slightly thicker flakes to keep anyone satiated and burn energy longer for a day’s work. The brand is GMO-and chemical-free to protect consumers against any possible negative effects of chemicals and pesticides that can result from long-term consumption. It comes in different variants and there’s almost a variety for each personal need.
Oats are available in GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia Quick Cooking Oats (200g/400g/800g) and GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia Instant Oats (200g/400g/800g ), both made with 100 percent natural whole-grain oats so they cook much faster than rolled oats and makes preparing an oatmeal breakfast an easier task to do. There are also the GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia single-serve instant (35g) and the GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia single-serve chocolate (35g) sachets best for busy you on the go.
In the Philippines, GV Michel Oatmeal of Australia is distributed by Dong-A Pharma Phils., Inc., distributor of Bacchus energy drink and Queen Bakery products. The brand is available in major supermarkets and groceries nationwide.
