Marmite is made from yeast, one of the richest sources of 5 b vitamins

More than half the worlds grapefruit production end up as juice

Kiwi fruits are so rich in vitamin c, they contain nearly all your recommended daily amount

All bread sold in the UK is fortified with calcium, iron and b vitamins

Peel and freeze your bananas for a more sumptuous smoothie

A staggering 128 billion bowls of Kellogg's Corn Flakes are eaten worldwide every year in countries as far a field as Guatemala, India, Japan and Argent

Brunch is indeed an English word coined in 1895 by Guy Beringer as a post church meal

Studies have show that children who eat breakfast perform better at school than those who have not

When frying use half oil and half butter – the oil stops the butter burning when hot

Breakfast is unique – at what other meal could you blatantly ignore everyone else while poring over the papers

Hot cross buns, served for breakfast on Good Friday have the ‘cross’ on to ward off evil spirits that might stop them rising

“Anyone who came to this country and wanted to eat well should order three meals a day – breakfast, breakfast and breakfast” Somerset Maugham

Don’t forget to make a hole in the bottom of the empty boiled egg shell, otherwise witches will use them as boats

It is almost certain that coffee was first drunk in Ethiopia around 575AD

The first English coffee house was opened by a Turkish jew in Oxford

The National Loaf was introduced in 1942, which was roughly the same composition as the brown bread of today, and created due to a shortage of shipping space for white flour.

In 1996 the Japanese company Matsushita launched the first laptop computer built to survive coffee being spilled on its keyboard

A 'turophile' is a lover of cheese.

Napoleons chief surgeon established the first grapefruit plantation in 1880

Our cornflakes were created by J.H.Kellogg and sold in 1895 as ‘granose’.

The croissant originates from the Turkish empire where the army cooks made a crescent pastry the same as on their flag

French toast is a great way to use up stale bread - dipped in egg and fried it absorbs very little cooking fat

People who maintain an ideal weight eat breakfast. Overweight people tend to skip breakfast

Watercress contains iron, calcium & vitamin e – well worth including in your daily breakfast

Breakfast can help to make you less stressed, improve your memory and concentration and boost your energy

Oats are one of the all round good guys – rich in soluble fibre helping control cholestreol levels

Use black & white pepper corns, black for flavour, white for heat

Hashbrowns are a great hangover sop

Breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Pauper.

Take the time to eat a proper breakfast and you will reap the rewards throughout the rest of the day.