What really is breakfast?

First breakfast…

Okay, now for some breakfast ideas. First let’s talk about what breakfast is and what it is for. It has been said that this is the most important meal of the day and that you could miss all the others and not this one, unless you are fasting of course and even then you MUST drink water.

Your breakfast is as the word says, to ‘break (your) fast’ that you had all night long. So it must be nutritious but not too heavy unless you are a labourer or someone who does heavy physical work. You may laugh when I say that I have what looks like lunch to most for breakfast. I would usually have a little brown rice and/or sweet potato or some other provision, not too much though with any kind of peas and some veggies, some cooked, steamed and raw. Yes, sometimes I would also have raw walnuts and/or pumpkin seeds and/or pecans and/or hazel nuts with the mix. Oats goes great with these. Sorry no juice or tea - maybe a little green tea. Check this out for breakfast. The image came from a royalty free site called 123rf.com.

Sounds crazy? You see as it comes to eating for good health, variety is the spice of life as they say, especially with your raw or steamed vegetables. I don’t follow the regular habit or suggestions most have of bread and cereal and milk and eggs and bacon and… no, no, no. That is tradition. If you study what proper nutrition entails you would stay far from these things. They will half, and over time (whole) kill you (my phrase). Most of us know what to eat but we do this out of habit and pay the consequences later; and when the doctor tells us to change our diet we give him 3 or $400 (that you could have given to me!) for almost nothing that you could have done yourself with a little research. I will address the detriments of all those and certain other foods later but one thing I will advise you of now is that anything with preservatives should be avoided like cereal. Oats are okay but make sure they are organic. Preservatives stay in the body unless they are removed but detoxification. Read the labels and see how many unpronounceable ingredients are in that package of… Those are what contribute to cancer or something else, so let’s keep it as natural as possible.

Second breakfast ?

Now I know last time I said that your fruits can be your breakfast but because they digest in an hour or so we tend to feel empty after that (actually feeling empty in your stomach is not the real and only reason why we should eat). I suggest you have what I described earlier as what I call a second breakfast, an hour after the first. I can do that since I work on evenings. Now since most of you who work from 7 or 8 am, I suggest you drink your water as you awake and have your fruits after you get ready which should average a half-an-hour or so, take your time. Get up a little earlier for your health. Please don’t rush off without it. You will see the dividends soon enough, I will tell your some personal stories soon. When you get to work, try to make it early enough so you can eat, sit in the lunch room or somewhere and have your (second) breakfast! And no snacks please at your break, your stomach still has food in it up to 3 or 4 hours. Drink a half glass or less of water, you’ll get used to it eventually.

Well that it for now. Next time God willing we will deal with lunch which would be very similar to your (second) breakfast…


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http://www.123rf.com