23/04/2024
Feta & eggs with pickled rhubarb & onion, on a bed of rocket & green beans drizzled with olive oil & black pepper.
This is not lunch or dinnerā¦ā¦itās Breakfast!
Breakfast or the first meal of the day we eat is absolutely the most importantāļø
This is because it determines how we are going to feel for most of that day and even into the day after.
It determines our insulin secretion which impacts weight, fatigue, hunger hormones, immune system response, digestion & gut health.
If a spike is caused early in the day it can perpetuate more cravings throughout the day which then has an impact on how and what we eat the following dayā¦.a vicious cycle I see so often.
Would I prefer to grab a snack bar, some fruit, cereal, a porridge pot or croissant at breakfast so it took me 7 less minutes to prepare (it only took 8 minutes to make this)ā¦.Yes possibly.
Would my sweet taste buds prefer to eat those things ā¦.yes they would (if I had a sweet tooth or gut imbalance-Iāll get to that later).
ā¦.but I know that if I do eat that way at my first meal then the time I loose when I keep running to the shop or grabbing more food from the kitchen, constantly needing a drink, nipping to the loo a lot, or falling asleep at my desk will definitely take up those ālostā extra 7 minutes anyway.
Yet I see time & time again with clients who are eating sweet things for breakfast and get stuck in this awful cycle.
-Porridge with no added fibre or protein (nuts & seeds) will spike insulin.
-Cereal will spike insulin.
-Flavoured yogurts (that includes activia and those other supposed āhealthyā yogurts) will spike insulin.
-Fruit on its own with no fibre or protein will spike insulin.
-Whatever is essentially dessert for breakfast will spike insulin!
Fun fact, our gut bacteria can influence our tastes. If we have a sweeter tooth it can be that itās our ābadā bacteria who survive on sugars are actually influencing our choices!
So who is actually choosing the type of foods you eat? Your āgoodā or ābadā bacteria?
Mx
