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24 Ways to Create a Healthier Morning Routine

Try these menus, mantras and exercise ideas for a less hectic breakfast rush (25 Photos)

Andrea Ferretti on Feb 17, 2012 at 10:28AM

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24 Ways to Create a Healthier Morning Routine

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Stress Less This Morning

In an ideal world, you’d start your day with quiet contemplation, exhilarating exercise and a nutritious, handmade breakfast. In the real world, you rush to fix your hair and makeup, throw food on the table for your kids, inhale a banana and find your keys -- all in the space of 11 minutes. But what if you could make the ideal real? You can -- with a little advance planning and some awareness of your personality and preferences.