Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Don't believe me? Try going all day with no food or water - that's effectively what you do every night.
Breakfast suggestions.
Don't eat eggs because of their bad rap for cholesterol? It turns out that eating cholesterol doesn't increase your cholesterol reading - you don't digest it. What you are giving up is a valuable source of protein which digests more slowly than carbohydrates, and all the B vitamins in eggs. Two eggs are only 170 calories.
Eggs
Microwave eggs - Add a pinch of cheese and some Herbes de Provence for additional flavor, cook for one and a half minutes. Simple and quick.
Fried eggs - use olive oil to cook eggs, serve over avocado (the yolk will fit neatly where the seed was)
Serve either with sprouted grain bread - avoid whole wheat which will irritate gluten intolerance or celiac disease
Cereal
Most cereals contain wheat, substitute quinoa. Cook the quinoa with almond or soy milk, flavored if you like, but unsweetened. The amount of sugar in sweetened versions of those milks is incredible. You can also use 2% milk. Add fresh fruit - particularly blueberries, which are considered a superfood, but all berries are good. Toss in some chia for additional fiber. Serve a small amount with your eggs for a complete breakfast.
(I cook extra quinoa so I can use as needed. 1 minute in the microwave, add fruit, and breakfast is served.) Stay away from dried fruits like raisins - they contain a lot of sugar.
Smoothies
Greek yogurt, fresh fruit - including bananas - unsweetened almond or soy milk, with chia for fiber.
Coffee
Yes, you can have it! If your doctor hasn't restricted you (I'd hurt mine if they tried *laughing*) there are health benefits to coffee including - protection against Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver disease (my bugaboo), including liver tumors (to which I'm prone). It also seems to help cognitive function (you think more clearly) and decreases the risk of depression.
Juice
Squeeze your own. No added sugar or acid.
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