Breakfast with Yogurt and Seeds
Author: Panos Platritis Clinical Dietitian Nutritionist BSc,MSc, Registered with GE SY Member of BDA, ESPEN, CYSPEN, SEPI
A healthy breakfast: The French call it a light lunch, the Germans an early nibble, and the Japanese simply breakfast rice. However you name it, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Despite this, many forget it or do not give it the importance it deserves. When you consider the demanding schedules and limited time, many times you hardly eat anything before leaving the house. According to a Greek study, almost 50% of Greeks do not eat breakfast.
You have many good reasons to incorporate it into your daily routine.
Check them out and learn how to make a balanced breakfast, because a good day shows from the morning.
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The Meal of Champions
The Russians have a proverb: eat breakfast alone, share lunch with friends, and give dinner to your enemies. No other meal has been associated with so many beneficial properties. So if you can change just one thing in your diet, eat the right breakfast.
A Stety Balances You
Think about the fact that when you wake up, you haven’t eaten anything for at least 8 hours. Thus, the first meal helps to raise levels of sugar and other nutrients that have fallen during sleep.
It Makes You Lose Weight
If you skip breakfast because you think you’re saving calories, think again. When you stay hungry, your body slows down its metabolism in order to conserve energy. Therefore, by eating, you help your body activate its metabolism, which means you burn more calories. Research shows that people who eat breakfast are thinner than those who do not eat it, and that those who skipped the first meal of the day had four times the chance of becoming obese.
Researchers report that this is due to the fact that breakfast stabilizes blood sugar, which in turn controls appetite and energy levels.
They conferm that people who eat breakfast are less likely to feel hungry later, resulting in them eating less during the day.
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons mixed seeds: Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and pumpkin seeds
1 cup low-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon honey
Instructions:
Lightly toast the sunflower seeds and sesame seeds in a dry pan. Remove from heat and mix with the pumpkin seeds. Add them to the yogurt and mix in honey, if desired. You can add any fresh-cut fruit and you will have the perfect breakfast.
