Just reading through CBL, and reading the citations regarding breakfast. These were all listed by Keifer. Dickie NH, Bender AE. Breakfast and performance in school children. Br J Nutr. 1982 Nov;48(3):483-96.Lopez-Sobaler AM, Ortega RM, Quintas ME, Navia B, Requejo AM. Relationship between habitual breakfast and intellectual performance (logical reasoning) in well- nourished schoolchildren of Madrid (Spain). Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;57 Suppl 1:S49- 53.Benton D, Parker PY. Breakfast, blood glucose, and cognition. Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 Apr;67(4):772S-778S.Cueto S. Breakfast and performance. Public Health Nutr. 2001 Dec;4(6A):1429-31. Review.Martin A, Normand S, Sothier M, Peyrat J, Louche-Pelissier C, Laville M. Is advice for breakfast consumption justified? Results from a short-term dietary and metabolic experiment in young healthy men. Br J Nutr. 2000 Sep;84(3):337-44.Vaisman N, Voet H, Akivis A, Vakil E. Effect of breakfast timing on the cognitive functions of elementary school students. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996 Oct;150(10):1089-92. Pollitt E, Mathews R. Breakfast and cognition: an integrative summary. Am J Clin Nutr.1998 Apr;67(4):804S-813S. Review.Wesnes KA, Pincock C, Richardson D, Helm G, Hails S. Breakfast reduces declines inattention and memory over the morning in schoolchildren. Appetite. 2003 Dec;41(3):329-31.Benton D, Slater O, Donohoe RT. The influence of breakfast and a snack onpsychological functioning. Physiol Behav. 2001 Nov-Dec;74(4-5):559-71.Michaud C, Musse N, Nicolas JP, Mejean L. Effects of breakfast-size on short-term memory, concentration, mood and blood glucose. J Adolesc Health. 1991 Jan;12(1):53-7.Kennedy E, Davis C. US Department of Agriculture School Breakfast Program. Am J ClinNutr. 1998 Apr;67(4):798S-803S. Review.All of these seem to suggest that breakfast is either irrelevant or actually increased SAT scores. Am I reading them wrong? This seems to go against the advice at ref 19 chapter 14?