Don’t Eat This For Breakfast

By February 17, 2014Nutrition

Yesterday morning I got stuck in London because the trains were all cancelled back to Manchester. I had a ticket for the Everton game and had booked on the 8:10 from London Euston to back to Manchester so I could get over in time for the game.

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It was pretty stressful as we had been out for dinner the night before and it was a late night so we were also tired.

We had to get 3 trains and a replacement bus service to get home, just because there were some leaves on the line.

Anyway I wanted to grab some food on the Virgin Train but there was so much chaos that the shop was empty so I ended up having a cupcake and a coffee for breakfast. My wife’s sister had given us a box of cupcakes and we were so hungry that it was the only option we had.

I wouldn’t recommend eating cupcake for breakfast but loads of people are making choices like this every single day.

Take breakfast bars as an example.

These are supposed to replace cereals as a alternative for a healthy low fat breakfast for those of you on the go in the morning buy cheap xenical (isn’t that all of us?) . The TV and magazine ads tell us we can munch away a these on our way to work.

All the big breakfast companies have their own versions including Kellogs and Belvita.

There are a multitude of reasons why we shouldn’t be eating cereal for breakfast and I’m not even talking about a weight point of view.

  • Increased risk of type 2 diabetes
  • You’re going to be hungry again in only a few hours as they are not going to keep you full
  • The processed grains (sugars) that you normally get in breakfast cereals have now been processed even more and made into a handy higher processed bar format.
  • There is Zero Nutrition in these bars

If you want to stay full and set up your hormones for the day you should be starting with protein for breakfast. This will keep you full up and stop your from craving snacks before lunch.

Eggs for breakfast is a great shout by the way and a great start to the day as is having a greens drink.