This week we will discuss the importance of Protein and starting your day with a Healthy, High Protein Breakfast.
There are three breakfast routines I want to discuss here. They are:-
- An Unbalanced Breakfast
- No Breakfast, and
- A Balanced Protein-Based Breakfast
The Breakfast Routine you follow helps determine your Lifestyle. Whether you have an active, energetic lifestyle or whether you have a sedentary, listless lifestyle.
Hard to believe? Let us evaluate them.
1. The Unbalanced Breakfast
Too many people wake up in the morning, rush to do their ablutions, swallow their first cup of coffee and eat a slice of toast with jam, a rusk or a muffin and then rush off to work. This Snack gives them a short-term sugar rush and fills a hole for a short while, getting them to work.
At work, the first agenda item is... you guessed it, COFFEE, often with a packet of chips, a rusk or biscuits. Another short-term sugar spike.
None of these snacks is very nutritious and they tend to run on short-term sugar rushes with the resulting \"crash\" in-between snacks that have them hungry and listless, lacking concentration.
These ups and downs of the sugar spikes and lows make your body out of balance and can have a long-term effect on your weight and health.
2. No Breakfast
Some people wake up and are not hungry and do not eat any breakfast. They usually have some coffee and are on their way.
Their body will try and draw the nutrients it requires to function, after a long overnight period of fasting. These nutrients would have been depleted overnight and they will end up being hungry a while later and will reach for coffee and a muffin or biscuits, ending up on the same spike and fall sugar rush as the people that have a high-carb snack for breakfast.
They too will go through the day snacking on carbs and experiencing the sugar spike and the resulting dip in energy and concentration throughout the day.
Once again, this vicious cycle of ups and downs can have a detrimental effect on your weight and well-being in the long term.
3. A Balanced Protein-Based Breakfast
A Balanced Protein-Based Breakfast gives those that take the time to eat it, a longer-lasting high energy starts to the day. It provides their bodies with the nutrients it needs to work effectively, leaving them feeling fuller for longer.
This type of breakfast provides sustainable energy and the nutrients help keep your body balanced throughout the day. Such a breakfast will contribute to better weight management and long-term well-being.
Until next week
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy
WLC Team
