Healthy breakfast foodsHealthy breakfast foods provide the foundation for your day and are an important part of a healthy diet. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times – breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And it’s true! A healthy breakfast is an important part of a good diet plan.
By not eating breakfast, you set your body up for "famine" mode whereby it starts storing fat and metabolizing muscle tissue. That is NOT what you want to have happening. A number of recent studies confirm that a large, healthy breakfast, accompanied by smaller lunches and dinners, leads to greater, long-term weight-loss success. You should be hungry when you wake up and break-fast, after sleeping all night. If you aren’t then maybe you’re eating too much, too late at night.
As delicious as those confections may be, they are not nutritious and a very poor way to start the day. And if you’re trying to lose weight, or maintain blood sugar levels, forget about it. Healthy breakfast ideas and recipes: -don’t eat after 6 p.m. so that you will be hungry when you get up. -keep a selection of low-sugar, high-fiber cereals on hand and enjoy them with berries or bananas; granola is a great choice. -if dairy is a problem, try soymilk on your cereal. -always try to include some fruit with breakfast, even if it's dried such as raisins or cranberries.
-if there really is no time, make some energy bars ahead of time that you can eat while traveling -make a smoothie – it only takes a few minutes and you can travel with it. -don’t forget about eggs: -it’s easy to boil one while you’re getting dressed. - it takes only 3 or 4 minutes to scramble an egg; lightly beat two eggs, add 1 tbsp water and scramble until just set in ½ tsp butter.(it doesn't take much; just a bit on your finger and smudge it about on the cold pan) - make a frittata for dinner the night before and have a slice for breakfast. -make some egg salad the night before and have on toast for a quick breakfast.
-instead of bacon with eggs, try a small turkey sausage; still delicious but very low in fat -instant oatmeal is not as healthy as regular, but it’s still pretty good for you and takes less than 2 minutes in the microwave; add a chopped apple and some cinnamon. -make a breakfast sandwich: toast a cinnamon-raisin bagel or some whole-grain bread and sandwich some low-fat cheese, like havarti or swiss – leave out the butter but try low-fat mayo and add a slice or two of tomato. -instead of cheese, try crunchy peanut or almond butter and iceberg lettuce on toast or bagel – if you haven’t tried it, you don’t know what you’re missing.
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Some people just don’t like breakfast and don’t regularly eat it, and that’s a shame. I always thought breakfast was the best reason to get out of bed! I find I naturally crave my calories during the first six hours of the day, and that’s good. That’s when your metabolism is at its peak and you need the calories to burn throughout the day.
As with all other meals, a healthy breakfast requires planning. Especially if you are always a few minutes behind time getting off to work or school, as many of us are. Leaving breakfast to chance means many people just don’t eat or they pick up muffins or pastries with their morning coffees. 
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-for a special but still healthy breakfast, how about French toast? Lightly beat one egg, pour in a 1 tsp of 5% cream, a sprinkle of cinnamon and dunk a slightly stale piece of whole grain bread. Flip it over a few times and then let it marinate about 5 minutes on each side. Fry, turning once, in a very small amount of butter. Top with 2 tbsp of maple syrup.
