{"id":2261,"date":"2011-02-24T15:31:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2020-02-11T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:41:32","slug":"healthy-power-breakfast-for-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/healthy-power-breakfast-for-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Power Breakfast for Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout the years, my breakfast consisted out of two slices of toast with hazelnut\/chocolate spread, jam, cheese or cereals with milk. When I was younger I was used to drinking a glass of milk alongside with my breakfast, but the older I grew the more did I start to replace the milk with tea. Over all the years, I never spent many thoughts on how to \u201coptimize\u201d my breakfast and on how to get a kick-start in the morning through the breakfast, if you so want. My awareness on the topic rose, when I was reading in a magazine about healthy foods that one should consume throughout the day and noticed that I didn\u2019t cover nearly half of these important foods. Hence I started to change my breakfast in order to transform it from a regular one to a healthy power breakfast for the true champions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Did you know that Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day? In 2003, American doctors conducted a study<\/a> and found out that the chances of obesity, diabetes or heart attacks would increase when skipping the breakfast regularly. Furthermore, the study showed that the positive health benefits of having breakfast range from an unlikelihood of blood-sugar problems, lower cholesterol and a reduced risk of heart attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what your plans are when it comes to nutrition, such as losing weight or gaining muscle mass, it\u2019s not a good idea to skip the breakfast. The misconception of skipping the breakfast intentionally in order to lose weight is very common and can be completely counter-productive to your plans. The thing about skipping your breakfast is that you\u2019ll be more likely to become tired as your whole body slowly starts running out of energy, which most people try to compensate with sugared coffee, energy bars and the like. Rumors say that regular breakfasts throughout the week increase one\u2019s chances to maintain a healthy weight and I – for myself – can back this claim.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if breakfast is really the most important meal of the day, why not increasing its power even further, with the following power-food?<\/span><\/p>\n

Healthy Power Breakfasts:<\/span><\/h2>\n

In the following, I\u2019m going to present you some power breakfasts with recipe and directions on how to prepare the breakfast.<\/span><\/p>\n

#1 Porridge<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Porridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I guess I\u2019m not the only one who associates the word \u201cporridge\u201d with a slimy gray sludge that only tastes slightly palatable when loads of sugar or honey is added. Well, at least that was what I had remembered of porridge from my early childhood days, which is why I (successfully) avoided eating gruel as a breakfast for years. Nevertheless, porridge is a true power breakfast and can be easily improved to be a tasteful part of your power breakfast, when you know how! The reason that I call porridge a true power breakfast cereal lies in the fact that it is – unlike other highly-sweetened fiber-low cereals – very rich in nutrients, fiber-high, digestible and very satiable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients (for 2 portions):<\/span><\/p>\n