It's all about Breakfast......

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It's all about Breakfast......
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Mon, 06-04-2007 - 7:29am

Seeing as one of the items on this months list is 'eat a good breakfast' thought this would be an ideal article to post (guess it was written for men...but it still applies to us!)



7 perfect morning meals in 5 minutes or less

By: Elizabeth Ward, Men's Health


In the time you spend each morning calibrating your hair gel, you could be doing something more important, with a much better payoff: eating breakfast. Mom was right (and it's okay to admit it): Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.


It keeps you slim: Breakfast eaters are less likely to be overweight than breakfast skippers, and successful dieters are also more likely to be breakfast eaters.


It keeps you healthy: Eating breakfast may reduce your risk of serious illnesses like heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer, and it strengthens your immune system so you're more resistant to common ailments like colds and the flu.


It keeps you sharp: Memory and concentration get a boost from breakfast. A study on children found that kids who eat breakfast score higher on tests and are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and hyperactivity. It should help you at the office, too.


The Perfect Meal


You say you eat breakfast? Good boy. Even so, it's likely you're doing it wrong. "Most men make the mistake of eating too little in the morning, and then get so hungry they go overboard and eat a giant meal later in the day," says Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., a nutritionist in Irvine, California, and author of Stealth Health.


A typical breakfast is just a couple of hundred calories, mostly in the form of simple carbohydrates that spike blood-sugar levels and leave the body starving for energy a couple of hours later.


Even a classic fiber-rich breakfast — say a cup of raisin bran with blueberries and skim milk — provides less than 300 calories and only about 10 grams of protein. An ideal breakfast needs to be much larger — between 500 and 600 calories. And it needs to be packed with vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, including at least 20 grams of protein and at least 5 grams of fiber. That will give your body a high-quality, long-lasting, steady supply of energy to help you through the morning.


Here's how to hit those numbers. Each of the following meals tastes great and can be made in minutes.


Here's one I particularly liked the look of-


Grab-and-Go Breakfast
Prep time: 1 minute


1 medium apple
1/2 pint fat-free milk
1 bran Vita muffin
1 pack Skippy Squeeze Stix peanut butter


Slice the apple, grab the milk, muffin, and peanut butter, and go. Squeeze the peanut butter out of its pack onto your apple slices as you eat.


Benefits: Vita muffins (vitalicious. com) contain 100 percent of your recommended intake of several important nutrients, including vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, and E. Foods high in monounsaturated fats — like peanut butter — may boost testosterone levels. This meal should help you burn energy more efficiently and lift more weight at the gym.


Per meal: 506 calories, 20 g protein, 87 g carbohydrates, 12 g total fat, 15 g fiber


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Registered: 11-22-2006
Mon, 06-04-2007 - 8:00am

Great article...breakfast is fast becoming my favorite meal of the day!


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Registered: 12-04-2003
Mon, 06-04-2007 - 11:06am

I agree - breakfast really sets the tone for me for the rest of the day. If I skimp on breakfast, I tend to snack mid-morning and then it's all downhill from there. LOL


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Registered: 11-22-2006
Mon, 06-04-2007 - 12:39pm
Me too!

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