SuperStart your Day with a Healthy Breakfast

IS YOUR BREAKFAST HEALTHY OR “HEALTHY”?

“What?!? My breakfast cereal says it’s “healthy”. It kinda looks healthy. There’s grainy things, fruit bits and no chocolate so it must be true.”

Sorry to burst your rice bubbles but not all so-called “health” cereals are a good for you. It’s easy to make claims that just focus on the good parts of a product like ‘low fat’ or ‘high fibre’. The bad parts, of course, aren’t mentioned in flashy graphics or bright colours. But in many cases they are there – written in the nutritional panel and, worse of all, in the product itself.

It’s much harder to make a healthy breakfast cereal that has the good, health benefits but none of the unhealthy.

WHERE TO START

A starting list for an all-round healthy breakfast IS:

- LOW SUGAR, if any sugar they should all occur naturally in the ingredients. Again, we just have so much sugar in our diet and no more is that true than in breakfast cereals. Including dried fruit like adding apricots can shoot the sugar level to over 25%.

- PREMIUM, NATURAL INGREDIENTS, nothing artificial. There should be nothing between you and the delicious natural, unprocessed ingredients.

- LOW GI, SUPERLOW GI, IN FACT. I have a simple weight-loss and weight management philosophy: “Eat Less, Eat Better”. Low GI foods help satisfy your hunger so you feel fuller for longer. So there’s less mid-morning sinister cravings and empty calories.

ALL-ROUND HEALTHY BREAKFAST

To round out our checklist let’s push ourselves further:

- HIGH PROTEIN. Apart from the many benefits of protein it also plays a role in keeping you fuller for longer.

- HIGH DIETARY FIBRE. Fibre is something most of us need more in our diet, especially if we’re looking to manage our weight. It helps cleans the system and also helps to satisfy your hunger.

- SUPER GOOD FOR YOU FATS. Oh no, not the ‘f’ word! All fats aren’t bad even if you’re overweight. Saturated fats are unhealthy and large quantities should be avoided; get to know the good for you fats that help lower cholesterol and absorb essential nutrients.

- SUPER NUTRITIOUS. Look for ingredients that will deliver you a wealth of lipids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. All you need for a super start to the day.

- SUPER TASTY. All well and good to have a healthy breakfast but what about enjoying a healthy breakfast? Not much point eating healthily without enjoyment…you’re good intentions won’t last past the next bowl of sugary cereal that’s offered to you. You can enjoy cereals made with premium blend of natural grains, whole grains, nuts, seeds and spices each morning and know you’re doing right by yourself.

(After a short while, you’ll notice your morning sugar cravings are replaced by craving the natural flavours of real food.)

SO, WHAT’S IN A HEALTHY BREAKFAST…?

Here’s a list of healthy foods that will deliver you a deliciously healthy, Low GI breakfast.

1. Rice bran flakes
2. Sunflower seeds
3. Pumpkin seeds
4. Almonds
5. Hazelnuts – whole
6. Organic barley flakes
7. Puffed Kamut brand wheat
8. Rolled triticale
9. Roasted buckwheat
10. Amaranth
11. Puffed millet
12. Spices

Enjoy!