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Why Eating a Good Breakfast Power Starts Your Day

9/27/2017

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Your Mother Told You So....

Eat breakfast!
Eating breakfast within an hour of waking power starts your day.  We all need that, right?
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My all time favorite breakfast at the Green Room in Crescent Head, Australia!
Breakfast is meant to supply a third of micro and macro nutrients, so skipping it isn't doing you any favors!

It has been said that "Eating breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper" is the best way to eat.  Some studies are saying that it is true.  Reference
If you've been following me for awhile, you'll know that we were traveling around the world from September through June of this year.

So we experienced different breakfasts in different countries.  My favorite breakfasts were in Australia and New Zealand.  It seemed fairly easy to find veggie packed frittatas and quiches, the kind of breakfast that fills you up and keeps you going for quite awhile.

In South America, the traditional breakfasts seemed pretty healthy.  A hearty breakfast soup meant to keep farmers or ranchers going until lunch.  In most of the small hotels where breakfast was included, it was heavier on breads and juice.

Europe tended to mostly be heavier on the bread, too.  Croissant and coffee anyone?

We could really tell how good our breakfast was by our energy levels throughout the day (especially the energy levels of the kids!)

Benefits of a Good Breakfast

We'll start with the "why."  
Eating a good breakfast helps you:
  • Keep your energy steady throughout the morning.
  • Maintain your focus and clarity.
  • Avoid blood sugar crashes that send you heading for a sugar fix.

I think we can all benefit from those things!
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What Is a Good Breakfast?

Breakfast should always be high-protein and also have healthy fat.  

​Avoid sweets in the morning.  Even orange juice!  Try skipping fruit in the morning, unless you are having it in a high protein smoothie.
When you eat grains or cereals in the morning or sweet fruit, you will often notice a blood sugar crash an hour or two after breakfast.  There's often no cure for that but a sugary snack.  At that point eating that donut in the break room isn't about will power, it's about biochemistry.
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A good breakfast can include eggs or tofu, sautéed vegetables, and avocado.  My husband and son have been loving scrambled eggs, black beans, a little cheese, salsa and avocado in corn tortillas.  It's kind of a breakfast taco.  And it only takes about 15 minutes to cook!

I'm often busy in the mornings getting everyone out the door, so my standby these days is a smoothie. Another breakfast I like is a chia seed pudding.  It's easy to make and really fills me up.
Whatever type of breakfast works for you, you'll have more energy and likely eat less during the rest of your day than if you'd gone without breakfast.

Get started with some of my favorite breakfast recipes!  
Click below to download!

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What are your favorite breakfasts?  Do you have a weekday favorite and a different weekend favorite?

Please share in the comments below!

3 Comments
milla link
10/23/2017 04:01:29 am

Breakfasts recipe

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Margaret-Ann Jenkin link
1/8/2018 10:58:18 am

I make up a selection of 1 pkt 250g white Chia seeds 300g sunflower seeds 300g pumpkin seeds 120g pine nuts 300g linseeds 120g 50%less sugar cranberries and 150g chopped walnuts. 100g coconut. I have a couple of desertspoon fulls on my 1 cholesterol lowering weetbix and 1 handful of sanbran. 1x 50g pottle of fresh n fruity lite yoghurt 1 good spoonful of raspberries topped with sogood Almond coconut milk. Keeps me going till well after midday. And I feel great.

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Crystal link
1/8/2018 11:08:30 am

That sounds delicious, Margaret-Ann!




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