Breakfast: The Most Important Meal Of The Day (NAPSA)—Consumers are quickly discovering that a new kind of breakfast sandwich can be a sweet wayto get the day off toa delicious start. Leading health experts agree that eating breakfast is important to beginning the dayright. After a long night without food, breakfast supplies your brain with the glucose (blood sugar) it needs to help you concentrate and remember things, solve problems and stay productive throughout the morning. Breakfast also fuels muscles to start the day’s physical activities and helps put off mid-morning hunger pangs. In addition, breakfast eaters tend to have higher nutrient intakes for the day. Breakfast sandwiches are especially great for busy consumers who might not make time for breakfast. Consisting of two soft and warm golden griddle cakes (with the sweet taste of maple syrup baked right in), the new McGriddles breakfast sandwiches include different combinations of savory sausage, crispy bacon, fluffy eggs and melted cheese in a convenient sandwich. Now permanent menu item at participat- ing McDonald’s restaurants, McGriddles provide customersall their favorite breakfast tastes in just onebite. “Breakfast is the most important meal becauseit gives you the fuel you need to jump-start your day,” says Registered Dietitian Diane Quagliani. “Pairing a McGriddles sandwich with an orange juice or one percent lowfat A delicious breakfast sand- wich can be a smart way to start the day. milk from McDonald’s menu is a quick, convenient and tasty way to enjoy the benefits of breakfast.” McGriddles breakfast sandwiches are the latest innovative additions in a long line of McDonald’s “firsts,” including: Big Mac sandwiches (1968); Egg McMuffins (1973); Happy Meals (1979); Chicken McNuggets (1983); McFlurrys (1998) and Premium Salads with Newman’s Ownall-natural salad dressings (2003). McDonald’s is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 29,000 restaurants serving nearly 46 million people in 119 countries each day. Approximately 80 percent of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local businessmen and women. For additional information, visit www.mcdonalds.com.
