Eating For Health

      Breakfast – the most important meal of the day.   But, most people say they don’t have time for breakfast.   Some solutions?   Fast food for breakfast?   Yes, you can drive through or pop in and get some pretty healthy food.   Or, when grocery shopping, pick up some breakfast items you can take with you on the drive to work, on the train to work or to eat quickly at your desk before work starts for the day.   The Business Insider has a great article on healthy breakfasts you can order at fast-food restaurants.   Who doesn’t like fast-food?          Healthy Breakfasts to order at fast-food restaurants with suggestions from Business Insider and other healthy foods to choose for breakfast.      1.  Panera – a favorite restaurant of mine for a healthy lunch.   But stop in for breakfast and order the: a.        Power A...

Are you one of the 6 out of 10 Americans who skip breakfast every day?    I like to tell my students “ Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day” .     After a night of fasting, you need some food to “Break the Fast” which is what breakfast means.   Your fuel stores are nearly empty and it is time to refuel.   Interesting in the Sochi Olympics the Canadian women’s curling team believes in eating peanut butter toast for breakfast.   They are so insistent on this they often bring a toaster with them.   ( Team Canada Sochi 2014 Blog: Jennifer Jones ).   They add some fruit and they are ready for a curling match. The National Dairy Council has found that 18% of Americans skip breakfast, another 20% of Americans eat breakfast away from home.    Disturbing is the teenagers with 40% skipping the most important meal of the day.   Breakfast is a time to pack in many nutrients including calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C and pot...