Howdy!
How are you all today? I'm enjoying a leisurely cup of coffee as I write this post. Since I'm working a bit this weekend, I have the luxury of going in a little bit later today! :) What a nice treat for hump day.
So today, I want to talk about my all time favorite meal of the day - breakfast!
By now, we all know how important it
is to eat a healthy breakfast to fire up your metabolism first thing in the
morning and help prevent over eating later in the day. Although eating
breakfast is a good start, making protein an integral part of your breakfast
can take you nutrition to a new level. Protein is a building block for the
trillions of cells in your body. It is necessary for healthy skin, nails,
muscles, cartilage, and blood. Protein also helps to build and repair bodily
tissues (especially after you tear them down working out), and it is even used
to produce hormones and enzymes. Including breakfast in your morning meal will
help you feel more energized throughout the day, more satisfied, and can even lead
to healthier eating habits and possibly weight loss. A happy full tummy is a
healthy tummy right?
Check out the breakdown of the experiment: “For three weeks, the teens either continued to skip breakfast or consumed 500-calorie breakfast meals containing cereal and milk (which contained normal quantities of protein) or higher protein meals prepared as Belgium waffles, syrup and yogurt. At the end of each week, the volunteers completed appetite and satiety questionnaires. Right before lunch, the volunteers completed a brain scan, using fMRI, to identify brain activation responses.
Compared to breakfast skipping, both breakfast meals led to increased fullness and reductions in hunger throughout morning. fMRI results showed that brain activation in regions controlling food motivation and reward was reduced prior to lunch time when breakfast was consumed in the morning. Additionally, the higher protein breakfast led to even greater changes in appetite, satiety and reward-driven eating behavior compared to the normal protein breakfast.”
So what do you think? Do you already include a good bit of protein in your breakfast? Although I still LOVE my oats, I'm loving how full I feel after eating eggs for breakfast.
Alrighty, I'm off to work. I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday!
In health,
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