Let's start the day with the right breakfast

“Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, give dinner to your enemy”... Everyone knows the formula, isn’t it? Have you ever wondered why breakfast is so important?

Benefits of breakfast:

1. For good health. Skipping breakfast means that your body is left without food for a long time - 12 hours or more. After all, the last time you ate food was the night before. And such a long break has a negative impact on health. A proper breakfast is a unique opportunity to give the body a quarter of the daily requirement of vitamins, microelements and various nutrients.

2. For the figure. If you are used to skipping breakfast, you risk gaining extra pounds. Paradox? Not at all. Refusal of the very first meal leads to disruption of the entire daily diet. Closer to lunch, we begin to be tormented by a feeling of extreme hunger, and we eat everything that comes to hand, without thinking about the calorie content or harm.

3. For performance and good mood. Only breakfast can cope with the difficult task of providing our body with the vitality and energy it needs in the morning. A proper breakfast is a guarantee that you will start the working day with a smile, and fatigue will not ruin your mood.

4. For psychological state. If you get into the habit of having breakfast in the morning, it will mean that you are setting yourself up for a productive day, especially if a nutritious breakfast is combined with exercise and a contrast shower.

What should be the ideal breakfast?

No, not a cup of black coffee at all. And not a smoked sausage sandwich. A proper breakfast is not difficult at all. You will need any cereal - for example, wholemeal bread, porridge from any cereal or rolled oats. In addition, a full-fledged “participant” of breakfast is a dairy product - such as cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir, yogurt. And finally, the third element of breakfast is a drink: cocoa or coffee, tea or milk. Of course, if you eat porridge every day, you can quickly get bored. In this case, you can replace cereal products with eggs, as well as fish or lean meat. However, you should remember: the norm for eating eggs for an adult is 2-3 eggs per week.

Now let's talk more about breakfast products.

Do not buy ready-made cottage cheese with additives - they have nothing in common with real cottage cheese! The best option is homemade low-fat cottage cheese, which you mix with milk, honey, and jam.

When buying yogurt in a store, choose “live” - it is the only one that is beneficial for the body, unlike canned yogurt products.

It is best to buy low-fat cheese; feta cheese or young cheese, which you complement with herbs and cucumbers, are good.

Each cereal contains a large amount of fiber, which regulates blood sugar, so it is better to eat porridge every day. The simplest option is muesli: pour a few spoons of cereal with kefir, milk or yogurt, and in a few minutes the porridge is ready.

Oatmeal deserves special mention. It contains a record percentage of fiber, it is easily digested, stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, prevents the occurrence of gastritis or ulcers, and in addition, reduces cholesterol levels in the blood.

As for drinks, it is absolutely necessary to drink a glass of clean, settled water on an empty stomach in the morning. This procedure immediately “starts up” the stomach and intestines. 20 minutes after this, it’s time to have breakfast, but it’s better to wash it down with tea or coffee not immediately, but after 15 minutes.

What else can you add to the composition of a proper breakfast? It’s very good if you supplement it with at least one fruit or vegetable. Fruit or vegetable juice perfectly helps digest food and normalizes metabolism in the body. Another advantage of this supplement is the high carbohydrate content in vegetables and fruits. This means that the feeling of hunger will not visit you soon.

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