Better health starts with better facts (great infographs!)

Improving your health starts with improving your knowledge.

To that end, I discovered some cool and helpful infographics, revealing information about how, what and when we eat -- and how that affects our health. Designed by Column Five (under Creative Commons), sponsored by MassiveHealth, makers of the Eatery app for the iPhone.

Here are just a few snapshots from the wealth of data they've unraveled. Note: in all examples, there's more data than I'm showing here. Hit the original site if you're a data geek. Or infograph afficianado.

Think that bacon and eggs for breakfast will make you fatter than a bagel with low fat cream cheese? Think again; this chart explains what happens to fat and carbs inside your body:

You've heard that eating breakfast is important; this chart shows the difference in portion size for the rest of the day in breakfast eaters vs. breakfast skippers:

And I've had a theory that the reason any diet works in the beginning is because just about any diet is healthier that a no-holds-barred approach. Turns out the data agrees:

Other charts include:

- What effect your friends' eating habits have on your eating habits.

- What days of the week we tend to eat healthy -- or not.

- How eating at home compares to eating out.

In case you skipped the second paragraph, I'll say it again: There's more data than I'm showing here. Hit the original site if you're a data geek. Or infograph afficianado. Or you just want to improve your health.