We’ve all heard it: “Don’t skip the most important meal of the day.” Most of us have swallowed this mantra right along with our cereal and toast, rarely questioning where it came from or why breakfast was crowned king. A closer look reveals something intriguing: in the 1940s, nutritionists were hired by the General Foods Corporation to promote hearty morning meals on radio broadcasts. Their message? Breakfast fuels success. Their motive? Breakfast cereal sales. To this day, many doctors and diet