BREAKFAST –Core To Healthy Lifestyle

 

Breakfast, seems a simple word but has a major role to play in our lifestyle.

After the long sleep hours of night, our body is just like the cold engine of a car and needs heating up to start away. Breakfast provides our body with fuel to kick start the body metabolism which has slowed down.

In today’s fast moving busy world, people think its ok not to have breakfast and opt for ‘BRUNCH’ but does it really benefit as breakfast alone would do??

You must have noticed that when you skip breakfast, you must be feeling less active at your work or school , and sometimes your attention span decreases.

And it also affects your next meal. When you skip your first meal of the day you may end up eating more than what is needed at your next meal. So these extra calories during your lunch or mid morning snack , gets stored as fat eventually adding to weight. So what does it imply?

Breakfast consumption not only spikes up your  energy levels  for day to start,  but also helps in portion control of the meals throughout the day.hence helping in weight loss and control over a long period.

Hence now the question is what to have when I find no time during the mornings, don’t feel like eating and such reasons. Well here are a few tips so you begin your day well.

Well, to start with you may have a fruit of your choice or also a fistful of dry fruit mixture like almonds, walnuts,resins, even roasted groundnut or peanuts would make a great choice.

-Opting for handy options such as a vegetable sandwich, chapatti roll stuffed with vegies and seasonings, parathas, omelettes bread , paneer sandwich or whichever stuffing’s you prefer for your rolls and sandwich. These foods can just be wrapped up and you may eat as you travel.

Secondly carrying smalltiffin where ever you are going and finishing i8t up before you begin your schedule. Tiffin with sprouted moong or poha, upma, dahlia, with some vegetable seasonings is definitely smart choice.You may later go for milk,buttermilk, smoothies(vegetable-fruit combo with curd), also you can cut fruits fine add them to your milk and have instead of blending the fruits as this leads to loss of fibre and vitamins and minerals. .

Ragi (nachni) Milk is another best option which you can go for your morning drink.

It’s better to avoid having just tea and coffee first thing in the morning as these are high in sugar and caffeine. Caffeineaggravates release of stomach acid, which in absence of food may damage intestinal linings over repeated exposure. Having a cup after wholesome full meal making sure that you maintain a duration of 30 minutes and above.is fine. And later at your mid-meal you can opt for green tea which are good source of antioxidants, which also help in burning body fat.

School going children mothers did not really worry about elaborate preparations, instead a simple glass of milk to which you may add powdered almonds for additional taste, a boiled egg or a omelettes stuffed with simple veggies like onions, grated carrots a little bit of cheese for additional protein  and a slice of bread does a great job. Others can also opt for it. You may also  give them French toast as its  healthy and tasty.Ratherthan that, a simple tip whatever you make, try and make it attractive so that your child just cannot resist it.

When it comes to Milk, to increase it’svalue you may powder a mixture of dry fruits instead of just one , cereal pulse mixture roasted and powdered ,store in a container and add it to your milk., Adding veggies, whole grains and pulses and making a quick dish also does wonders.

• Weekends we can opt for foods that include elaborate preparations like
• Idli with Sambhar is aperfect combo of carbs and proteins,
• Dosachutney(where in peanut chtney can be a smarter choice over coconut)
• Dhoklas, chappatis Rice bakhri, rice bonda, iddiappam(south indian ), rice bhath  and many more such preprations.

To sum up, Find sometime during morning hours to fill in your tank with fuel for rest of the day, I mean for having breakfast. Skipping not only breakfast but even other meals is not a very smart choice, by doing that you put your body at stress. Opt for healthy and easy meals, as per your convenience .to remain fit, active, conscious and control weight.

And here you are good to go