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Breakfast is usually the time when
you're busiest - what with packing your kids off to school,
looking after the house and rushing to work too. Often moms
give a ready-to-serve breakfast with sweet cereals and
cereal bars which do not have much of a nutrition profile to
boast of. Children certainly
need a hearty breakfast to restore blood sugar levels after
the overnight fast, to take them through the morning. No way
should children be allowed to skip breakfast, or remain
happy with cereals high in sugar, as they might not perform
as well in aptitude tests, both verbal and non-verbal, when
compared to children who eat slow-releasing complex
carbohydrates and protein.
So what are the healthy breakfast
choices? Always include a piece of fruit, or a vegetable
such as mushrooms or tomatoes. Always provide a drink, and
aim, also, to give some complex carbohydrates and some
protein. Ensuring that protein is included makes for more
morning brain-power than carbs alone.
Some time-to-spare breakfasts
1. A bowl of old-fashioned porridge
made with milk or soya milk. Sweeten with mashed banana and
raisins.
2. Boiled egg with wholemeal bread.
3. Grilled bacon sandwich (using
unsmoked, lean bacon with fat trimmed) with sliced tomato.
Preferably using wholemeal bread.
4. Grilled tomato and mushrooms with
melted mozzarella on toast.
5. Bowl of muesli (check the label
for sugar content) with grated apple and sunflower seeds
moistened with milk or calcium-enriched soya milk.
Some in-a-rush breakfasts
1. Toasted cinnamon and raisin bagel
with cream cheese. Glass of diluted orange juice.
2. Some oatcakes spread with nut
butter and jam. An apple.
3. Low-sugar instant cereals. Serve
with milk, or calcium-enriched soya milk or rice milk,
chopped nuts and chopped dried apricots.
4. Yoghurt with sliced fruit and
toast with hummus.
5. A slice of ham or cheese, wrapped
in a slice of bread or added to a rye cracker with a chunk
of cucumber. Glass of diluted mango juice.
Carolyn Joana is a
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new parents. She offers great, tested, down to earth and
reassuring tips on baby food, baby health, home-remedies for
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