Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Perfect Breakfast

Every morning begins with breakfast, but this morning as I poured the syrup onto my sons waffles I wondered if this breakfast was healthy at all. I mean why not choclate cake instead("Dad is great he's giving us choclate cake"-Bill Cosby)! What's the difference? They're both loaded with sugars and starches and I'd be willing to bet there are some cakes out there that are much healthier than the waffles we have in the morning. So this probes my questioning of how we decide what is and isn't "breakfast food"???

Well first off, let's look at what a breakfast should consist of, or rather how we ruin it:
1.Adding sugar
2.No protein
3.Eating the fats (yummmm...bacon)
4.No fiber (coffee is not a substitute)
5.No vitamins and minerals (fruits and veggies)

So although a fruit smoothine with added protein is best, I'll settle for a piece of peanut butter whole grain toast with an egg (and some bacon). I care, but not that much and given I only have one life to live I am going to induldge a little.

1 comment:

GorgeousMind said...

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